{"product_id":"9781598535624","title":"Elmore Leonard: Westerns (Loa #308): Last Stand at Saber River \/ Hombre \/ Valdez Is Coming \/ Forty Lashes Less One \/ Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary of America presents a definitive collection of classic Westerns by America's master modern crime writer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great storytellers of our time, Elmore Leonard perfected his craft writing Westerns, a genre he loved. These tales—some adapted into such outstanding films as \u003ci\u003eHombre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eValdez Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e3:10 to Yuma\u003c\/i\u003e—are unexcelled for their wiry tautness, sharp characterizations, and jolts of unexpected humor. For sheer stripped-down narrative tension Leonard never did anything better, and the fresh twists he finds in resolving the genre's classic confrontations reveal a master at work. Whether describing a Civil War veteran coming back to find his homestead stolen (\u003cb\u003eLast Stand at Saber River\u003c\/b\u003e), a man raised by Apaches treated with contempt by the white settlers who will ultimately depend on him for their survival (\u003cb\u003eHombre\u003c\/b\u003e), a local constable, tricked into killing an innocent man, fighting back against the powerful man who duped him (\u003cb\u003eValdez Is Coming\u003c\/b\u003e), or two convicts in a desert prison—one African American and the other half-Apache—plotting a near-impossible escape (\u003cb\u003eForty Lashes Less One\u003c\/b\u003e), Leonard's westerns are tough, suspenseful, convincing, and beautifully spare in style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050224435440,"sku":"9781598535624","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598535624_p0.jpg?v=1763813930","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598535624","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}