{"product_id":"9781442949461","title":"The Prodigal Judge","description":"Vaughan or Vaughn Kester (1869 -1911) was an American novelist and journalist. He was the elder brother of dramatist and author Paul Kester (1870-1933). His style and topics were influenced by his travels through western and southern U.S., and by his mother's cousin William Dean Howells. His novel The Manager of the B \u0026amp; A was made into a film in 1916 directed by J.P. McGowan, with Leo Maloney and Helen Holmes, reissued in 1921 as The Man from Medicine Hat. \u003cbr\u003eThe Prodigal Judge is a novel published in 1911. Kester wrote the novel while living at Gunston Hall in Virginia. It was the second-best selling fiction book in the United States in 1911.","brand":"ReadHowYouWant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175677018352,"sku":"9781442949461","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442949461_p0.jpg?v=1763812797","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442949461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}