{"product_id":"the-utah-kid-roe-richmond-9781954840164","title":"The Utah Kid","description":"\u003cb\u003eA violent, fast-moving, western classic, back in print for the first time in 70 years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A saga of swift, violent action, clear, raw courage, and a tribute to the pioneer emigrants who opened up the great American west,\" \u003ci\u003eVermont Caledonian-Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gunman fleeing his past in a whisky-gorged, lawless Missouri town joins a wagon train in a brutal journey across the plains and over the perilous Rockies, to a dusty, dying speck of desert hell in Utah, where he faces a vicious, bullwhip-wielding enemy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1949 as \u003ci\u003eConestoga Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e, it was the first, break-through novel by Roaldus \"Roe\" Richmond (1910-1986). His many other westerns include \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Breed, Montana Bad Man, Death Rides the Dondrino, Crusade on the Chisholm, Mojave Gun, Lash of Idaho\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLashtrow\u003c\/i\u003e series and a novelisation of the Henry Fonda TV series \u003ci\u003eThe Deputy\u003c\/i\u003e. During the Depression, Richmond traveled across Vermont for the Works Progress Administration, interviewing over a hundred miners about their lives and struggles, articles that were later collected in the 2004 book \u003ci\u003eMen Against Granite\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roe Richmond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954840160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954840164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Roe Richmond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522650599679,"sku":"9781954840164","price":11.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da3c6628-bb4c-4941-888a-18e99af99dfa.jpg?v=1700158364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-utah-kid-roe-richmond-9781954840164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}