{"product_id":"9781894759816","title":"Talking at the Woodpile","description":"In this humourous and refreshing collection of short stories, David Thompson reveals the charm and grit of life in the Yukon. Talking at the Woodpile is a masterful blend of fact and fiction, history and the contemporary and intriguing stories that begin as long as 10,000 years ago. An unsuspecting miner discovers a frozen carcass while digging for gold. After much to-do about the origin of the gigantic creature, the mammoth and its unfortunate victim are laid to rest by the local First Nations community. \u003cbr\u003eIn a moment of wry humour, Thompson describes a small town rivalry that ends when a firewood thief blows his fireplace sky high, to the delight of his victimized neighbours, and in the collection's title story \"Talking at the Woodpile,\" two long-time friends unwittingly challenge each other to a talking duel, which ultimately leads to a nasty case of frostbite, and an even nastier case of cold shoulder. \u003cbr\u003eIn his first collection of short stories Thompson portrays life in a small Canadian community, weaving his characters in and out of each other's tales and in and out of the history that shaped the great Canadian North.","brand":"Caitlin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154157388016,"sku":"9781894759816","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781894759816_p0.jpg?v=1763610683","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781894759816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}