{"product_id":"the-ordinary-grit-tammy-danielle-matson-9798995796428","title":"The Ordinary Grit: Courage Under an Unforgiving Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe land doesn't forgive. Neither do they.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Dakota, 1889. The well on Elias Thorne's North Field has run dry - and the railroad's land agent is already circling.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs drought tightens its grip on the fictional frontier town of Oak Haven, four ordinary people must decide what they are willing to fight for - and what they can no longer afford to lose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eElias Thorne\u003c\/b\u003e - a stubborn homesteader who built forty acres with his own hands and refuses to surrender them to any railroad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitus Croft\u003c\/b\u003e - a taciturn blacksmith who answers to iron and fire, not to men\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Vance\u003c\/b\u003e - a Boston-bred schoolteacher who came west with expectations the frontier didn't share\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Price\u003c\/b\u003e - a young ranch hand still deciding what kind of man the high plains will make of him\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold through four unflinching voices across the harsh beauty of the South Dakota Badlands, \u003ci\u003eThe Ordinary Grit\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the courage that doesn't announce itself - the kind that shows up before dawn, stays past dark, and holds on when every ledger says quit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of Lonesome Dove, Plainsong, and True Grit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eOrdinary people. Extraordinary grit.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvailable in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tammy Danielle Matson,Rocky Dean Matson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995796428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rocky Matson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95d","brand":"Tammy Danielle Matson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743215563007,"sku":"9798995796428","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ordinary-grit-tammy-danielle-matson-9798995796428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}