{"product_id":"bully-of-order-book-brian-hart-9780062297754","title":"The Bully of Order","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Territory, 1886 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob and Nell Ellstrom step from ship to shore and are struck dumb by the sight of their new home--the Harbor, a ragged township of mud streets and windowless shacks. In the years to come this will be known as one of the busiest and most dangerous ports in the world, and with Jacob's station as the only town physician, prosperity and respect soon rain down on the Ellstroms. Then their son, Duncan, is born, and these are grand days, busy and full of growth. But when a new physician arrives, Jacob is revealed as an impostor, a fraud, and he flees, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, on a fated Fourth of July picnic, Duncan Ellstrom falls in love. Her name is Teresa Boyerton, and her father owns the largest sawmill in the Harbor. Their relationship is forbidden by class and by circumstance, because without Jacob there to guide him, Duncan has gone to work for Hank Bellhouse, the local crime boss. Now, if Duncan wants to be with Teresa, he must face not only his past, but the realities of a dark and violent world and his place within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from various points of view, Brian Hart's novel follows the evolution of the Harbor from a mudstamp outpost to a city that rivals the promise of San Francisco. \u003cem\u003eThe Bully of Order\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on progress, love, and identity; a spellbinding novel of fate and redemption--told with a muscular lyricism and filled with a cast of characters Shakespearean in scope--where everyone is as much at the mercy of the weather as they are of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343102611729,"sku":"CIN0062297759G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52734388076817,"sku":"NIN9780062297754","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062297759.jpg?v=1750939156","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/bully-of-order-buch-brian-hart-9780062297754","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}