{"product_id":"the-tom-walker-mari-sandoz-9780803291478","title":"The Tom-Walker","description":"A bold, biting novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eOld Jules\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrazy Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tom-Walker\u003c\/i\u003e spans three generations in a Midwestern family. \u003cp\u003e The patriarch, Milt Stone, who lost a leg fighting in Grant's army, is the Tom-Walker, circus slang for man on stilts. After the Civil War he takes his family west to the Missouri country. There he gains a reputation as a raconteur and as a passionate defender of the little man who works hard, fights the wars, and gets squeezed out by powerful interests. He lives to see his son and grandson fight in World War I and World War II, respectively, and return home from those wars, maimed like him, only to have to resume a fight just to stay alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Crowded with living characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Tom-Walker\u003c\/i\u003e never loses the larger view of American history. From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age, everybody is \"trying to be either a Jay Gould or a Jesse James, out for easy money, everybody [is] wanting to be king of something: mines, railroads, cattle, outlaws, anything.\" How people like the Stones fare is the story within this story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mari Sandoz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803291477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803291478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.33w x 0.85d","brand":"Mari Sandoz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947208114431,"sku":"9780803291478","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_917e8202-a8f8-4497-8c10-100363bcf1db.jpg?v=1681517365","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tom-walker-mari-sandoz-9780803291478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}