{"product_id":"2940150321779","title":"Palmettoes and Moonbeams","description":"\"This collection of short stories compiled over many years is a reflection of my formative years in the Deep South and experiences in the military in my late teens and early twenties. In them, I endeavor to capture the essence of the times as they unfolded in the sixties and seventies in a southern setting. The seedier elements of society play a prominent role, for it is in this seamy nether world of hard knocks and construction work with my friends, some from the dark side, that I came of age. As I tread the path of the prodigal, the lure of the night-lights held sway over me in my youthful naivete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn my brief work of fiction entitled: \"Church Street,\" set in the late fifties, I endeavor to make the street itself the protagonist, a novel approach to the genre. Let the street speak; let it come alive.\"","brand":"America Star Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48797253763312,"sku":"2940150321779","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150321779_p0.jpg?v=1770324251","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150321779","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}