{"product_id":"2940170227723","title":"The Shepherd of The Hills","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1907, \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd of the Hills\u003c\/i\u003e is Harold Bell Wright's most famous work. In \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd of the Hills\u003c\/i\u003e, Wright spins a tale of universal truths across the years to the modern-day reader. His Eden in the Ozarks has a bountiful share of life's enchantments, but is not without its serpents. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Wright rejoices in the triumphs, grace, and dignity of his characters, he has not naively created a pastoral fantasy-land where the pure at heart are spared life's struggles and pains. Refusing to yield to the oft-indulged temptation of painting for the reader the simple life of country innocents, Wright forthrightly shows the passions and the life-and-death struggles that go on even in the fairest of environments that man invades. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shepherd, an elderly, mysterious, learned man, escapes the buzzing restlessness of the city to live in the backwoods neighborhood of Mutton Hollow in the Ozark hills. There he encounters Jim Lane, Grant Matthews, Sammy, Young Matt, and other residents of the village, and gradually learns to find a peace about the losses he has borne and has yet to bear. Through the shepherd and those around him, Wright assembles here a gentle and utterly masterful commentary on strength and weakness, failure and success, tranquility and turmoil, and punishment and absolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tale of life in the Ozarks continues to draw thousands of devotees to outdoor performances in Branson, Missouri, where visitors can also see the cabin where the real Old Matt and Aunt Mollie lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn EChristian, Inc production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DINE ALONE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150652850416,"sku":"2940170227723","price":10.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170227723_p0.jpg?v=1763705735","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170227723","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}