{"product_id":"9781877270444","title":"The Second Favorite Son","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Awesomely assured. Rich, complex, mysterious and always compelling.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Mike Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eCounterpart\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins, 2001).\u003cp\u003e When Straughan Packard III dies suddenly, control of the family empire should have been passed to his firstborn son, the princely 'Junior', Straughan Packard IV. But given Junior's mysterious disappearance, the job has fallen to the second son, the free-spirited JD Packard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a world where the South has emerged victorious in the War Between the States, where plantations have evolved into corporate empires, the men who run them hold the reins of almost unlimited power, and history and tradition rule. And as JD Packard learns, once caught in a web of hostile corporate takeovers and forbidden love, it's not easy changing the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For Dexter Peebles, a descendant of former Packard slaves, discovering the truth behind Junior's disappearance means uncovering a past that is full of ghosts: it seems somebody is killing the Packards off, and has been for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Second Favorite Son\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds two hundred years of the Packard family saga. It is a story of the ties that bind and the kind of love only a truly eccentric family can understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAuthor Biography:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Originally from Chicago, \u003cb\u003eDaniel Myers\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in California, and has been dividing his time between the USA and New Zealand since 1987. He has travelled extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has worked as a pilot, a flight instructor, an air traffic controller, an English teacher in China and a television script writer. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina (BA English) and Massey University (MA English, 2002). In the classroom, he has taught American literature, creative writing and English language training for several years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Previous publications include the acclaimed short story \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e published in \u003ci\u003eThe Class Menagerie: Stories out of USC\u003c\/i\u003e (Red Letter Press, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eA Note on Six-Figure Advances in Getting Published: The Inside Story\u003c\/i\u003e (Global Dialogues Press, October 2003).  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hazard Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052789252336,"sku":"9781877270444","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781877270444_p0.jpg?v=1763602713","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781877270444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}