{"product_id":"bone-by-bone-shadow-country-trilogy-3-paperback","title":"Bone by Bone: Shadow Country Trilogy (3) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Matthiessen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Watson's voice is an artistic triumph. . . \u003cb\u003eBone by Bone\u003c\/b\u003e] may well come to be regarded as a classic.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eBone by Bone\u003c\/b\u003e, Peter Matthiessen speaks in the extraordinary voice of the enigmatic and dangerous E. J. Watson, whom we first saw, obliquely, through the eyes of his early twentieth-century Everglades community in \u003cb\u003eKilling Mister Watson\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis astonishing new novel, calling to account the violence, virulent racism, and destruction of the land that fueled the so-called American Dream, points an accusing finger straight into the burning eyes of Uncle Sam. Here is the bloodied child of the Civil War and Reconstruction who dreams of recovering the family plantation. He becomes the gifted cane planter nearing success on a wilderness river when he gives in fatally to his accumulating demons. Powerfully imagined, prodigiously detailed, \u003cb\u003eBone by Bone\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary tour de force as bold and ambitious as Watson himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like a true tragic figure,  Watson] knows and understands; he does not wriggle to save his own skin,\" said \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \"This is a work of genuine dignity.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatson's voice is an artistic triumph. . .[Bone by Bone] may well come to be regarded as a classic. --\"San Francisco Chronicle Book Review \u003cbr\u003eIn Bone by Bone, Peter Matthiessen speaks in the extraordinary voice of the enigmatic and dangerous E. J. Watson, whom we first saw, obliquely, through the eyes of his early twentieth-century Everglades community in Killing Mister Watson. \u003cbr\u003eThis astonishing new novel, calling to account the violence, virulent racism, and destruction of the land that fueled the so-called American Dream, points an accusing finger straight into the burning eyes of Uncle Sam. Here is the bloodied child of the Civil War and Reconstruction who dreams of recovering the family plantation. He becomes the gifted cane planter nearing success on a wilderness river when he gives in fatally to his accumulating demons. Powerfully imagined, prodigiously detailed, Bone by Bone is a literary tour de force as bold and ambitious as Watson himself. \u003cbr\u003e\"Like a true tragic figure, [Watson] knows and understands; he does not wriggle to save his own skin,\" said \"The New York Times. \"This is a work of genuine dignity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Matthiessen lives in Sagaponack, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725100814399,"sku":"9780375701818","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/96242243ac2f635503ef4a06f495056d.webp?v=1765105158","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/bone-by-bone-shadow-country-trilogy-3-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}