{"product_id":"9781452047775","title":"Wild Beasts and Indian Maidens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1806 and Josh is a city boy, just turned eighteen. He had never owned a horse, shot a gun, slept in a tent, built a fire or cooked a meal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            And what an adventure awaited him. Wolves and bears, miles of buffalos, herds of deer and elk, the West as it was two hundred years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            Leaving St. Louis on a warm fall day, riding his newly acquired horse Blaze and leading two heavily laden pack horses, he traveled north for many weeks before turning west following along the Missouri River.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            Then the weather changed dramatically; rain, thick with snow and a hard cold wind blowing out of the north.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            Try as he might to keep them moving, their pace slowed and they finally came to a halt. Josh sat for a long time staring west knowing that once stopped it would be months before he could get going again. If he survived the winter that is he reminded himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            Ahead there would be miles of prairies and high mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e            And somewhere far ahead was the Pacific Ocean!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182909407472,"sku":"9781452047775","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452047775_p0.jpg?v=1763842617","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452047775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}