{"product_id":"9780143111474","title":"World, Chase Me Down: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rousing, suspenseful debut novel—\u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eCatch Me If You Can\u003c\/i\u003e—based on the forgotten true story of a Robin Hood of the American frontier who pulls off the first successful kidnapping for ransom in U.S. history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A kidnapper with a social-justice mission” (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e), Pat Crowe was once the most wanted man in America. \u003ci\u003eWorld, Chase Me Down \u003c\/i\u003eresurrects him, telling the electrifying story of the first great crime of the last century: how in 1900 the out-of-work former butcher kidnapped the teenage son of Omaha’s wealthiest meatpacking tycoon for a ransom of $25,000 in gold, and then burgled, safe-cracked, and bond-jumped his way across the country and beyond, inciting a manhunt that was dubbed “the thrill of the nation” and a showdown in the court of public opinion between the haves and have-nots—all the while plotting a return to the woman he never stopped loving. As if channeling Mark Twain and Charles Portis, Andrew Hilleman has given us a character who is bawdy and soulful, grizzled, salty, and hard-drinking, and with a voice as unforgettable as that of Lucy Marsden in Alan Gurganus’s \u003ci\u003eOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All\u003c\/i\u003e—an antihero you can’t help rooting for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022579777776,"sku":"9780143111474","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143111474_p0.jpg?v=1763656563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143111474","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}