{"title":"James D Houston","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"snow-mountain-passage-book-james-d-houston-9780156011433","title":"Snow Mountain Passage","description":"Snow Mountain Passage is a powerful retelling of our most dramatic pioneer story--the ordeal of the Donner Party. Through the eyes of James Frazier Reed, one of the group's leaders, and the imagined \"Trail Notes\" of his daughter Patty, we journey along with the ill-fated group determined, at all costs, to make it to the California territory.\u003cbr\u003e James Reed is a proud, headstrong, yet devoted husband and father. As he and his family travel in the \"Palace Car,\" a huge, specially built--and ultimately cumbersome--covered wagon, they thrill to new sights and cope with conflict and constant danger. Yet when a fight between Reed and another driver ends in death, Reed is exiled from the group and heads over the mountains alone. The fate of the other families, including Reed's wife and four children, is sealed when they set out across a new, untested route through the Sierra--their final mountain pass. Arriving at the foothills just as the snows start to fall, they are left stranded for months--starving, freezing, and battling to survive--while Reed journeys across northern California, trying desperately to find means and men for a rescue party.\u003cbr\u003e An extraordinary tale of pride and redemption, Snow Mountain Passage is a brilliantly imagined and grippingly told story straight from American history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *National Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49560045912337,"sku":"GOR003383969","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50305155039505,"sku":"GOR001913536","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345253273873,"sku":"CIN0156011433VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345897492753,"sku":"CIN0156011433G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999544316177,"sku":"NIN9780156011433","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0156011433.jpg?v=1750779487"},{"product_id":"open-field-book-james-d-houston-9780395198827","title":"Open Field","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49930883924241,"sku":"CIN0395198828G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0395198828.jpg?v=1751039549"},{"product_id":"snow-mountain-passage-book-james-d-houston-9780375411038","title":"Snow Mountain Passage","description":"A remarkably successful re-creation of the Donner Party's ordeal. . . . A moving, persuasive, imaginative account.-- Los Angeles Times \u003cp\u003eIn Snow Mountain Passage, a powerful reimagining of our most dramatic pioneer story, author James Houston tells the tragic tale of the Donner Party through the eyes of James Frazier Reed, one of the leaders, and his daughter Patty. In moving, riveting prose, we follow this ill-fated group determined, at all costs, to make it to the promised land--the California territory. \u003cbr\u003eA proud, headstrong, and devoted husband and father, Reed and his family travel in the Palace Car, an enormous--and ultimately cumbersome--covered wagon, thrilling to new sights and coping with conflict and constant danger. Yet after a fatal struggle with another driver, Reed is exiled from the party and heads alone over the Sierra Nevada-the final mountain pass. Weeks later, the remaining families arrive at the foothills where they are trapped in the imprisoning snows. Slowly starving and freezing, for months they battle to survive while Reed journeys across northern California, trying desperately to find means and men for a rescue party. An extraordinary tale of pride and redemption, Snow Mountain Passage is a brilliantly and grippingly told story of history and heartbreak. \u003cbr\u003eSnow Mountain Passage is in a class by itself. . A dignified, powerful narrative of our shared American destiny.-The Washington Post Book World \u003cbr\u003ePowerful . . . The novel's clear and beautiful prose brings the realities of the journey alive.-The Denver Post \u003cbr\u003eA clear-eyed view of humanity's heart of darkness.-The Atlantic Monthly \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49998828437777,"sku":"CIN0375411038VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50167730405649,"sku":"CIN0375411038A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50942785388817,"sku":"GOR004170770","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51711245451537,"sku":"GOR014373350","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51865067847953,"sku":"CIN0375411038G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375411038.jpg?v=1751435737"},{"product_id":"bird-of-another-heaven-book-james-d-houston-9780307388087","title":"Bird of Another Heaven","description":"From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Mountain Passage\u003c\/i\u003e comes this richly evocative novel that follows a half-Indian, half-Hawai'ian woman and her complex relationship with the last king of Hawai'i. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen talk show host Sheridan Brody finds the journals of his great grandmother Nani Keala (aka Nancy Callahan), he uncovers a mythic, unknown tale. Nani, a shy girl from a remote Indian village, met the Hawai'ian king, David Kalakaua, on his grand progress by train across the United States in 1881, eventually returning with him to Honolulu. There, as his young ally and prot g e, ever more assured and charming, she played an integral role in his attempt to revive the monarchy and spirit of his people and, eventually, witnessed the mysterious circumstances surrounding his downfall. Deeply engaging through its vivid portrayal of California and Hawai'i at the end of the nineteenth century, \u003ci\u003eBird of Another Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful portrait of an era long past.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50348318228753,"sku":"CIN0307388085G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53090095104273,"sku":"CIN0307388085VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307388085.jpg?v=1750844144"},{"product_id":"farewell-to-manzanar-book-jeanne-wakatsuki-houston-and-j-9780329050139","title":"Farewell To Manzanar","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50350828585233,"sku":"CIN0329050133G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0329050133.jpg?v=1750940969"},{"product_id":"continental-drift-book-james-d-houston-9780520207134","title":"Continental Drift","description":"This novel of northern California in the 1970s is set on a ranch near Monterey Bay. It explores relationships in a family jarred by the return of a son from Vietnam. His return coincides with a series of bizarre killings that panic the community.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352102048017,"sku":"CIN0520207130VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104424947985,"sku":"CIN0520207130G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0520207130.jpg?v=1750846696"},{"product_id":"californians-book-james-d-houston-9780394505589","title":"Californians","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50353086890257,"sku":"CIN0394505581G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0394505581.jpg?v=1750814007"},{"product_id":"queen-s-journey-book-james-d-houston-9781597141635","title":"A Queen's Journey","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50394063536401,"sku":"CIN1597141631G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1597141631.jpg?v=1751119849"},{"product_id":"hawaiian-son-book-james-d-houston-9781883528287","title":"Hawaiian Son","description":"One of Hawaii’s “living treasures” is the subject of this biography, Hawaiian Son: The Life and Music of Eddie Kamae.  It celebrates the personal journey of an extraordinary musician and pioneering filmmaker, Eddie Kamae. The book was written by award-winning author James D. Houston (1933–2009) in close collaboration with Kamae, and was designed by Barbara Pope of Honolulu-based `Ai Pohaku Press. The 260-page book includes more than 60 historical photographs, drawings and album covers that help to chart the high points of an influential career that has spanned more than half a century.As a young man in the late 1940s, Kamae developed a jazz picking style that forever changed the status of the ukulele. He became its reigning virtuoso. For 20 years the legendary band he founded with Gabby Pahinui, The Sons of Hawaii, played a leading role in the Hawaiian cultural renaissance. By the mid 1970s Kamae himself had become a folk-hero, known for his instrumental genius and for a vigorous singing style that carries the spirit of an ancient vocal tradition into the 21st century.During the 1980s, while continuing to perform, arrange, and lead the band, Kamae launched a second career as a filmmaker, once again proving to be a cultural pioneer. In documentaries such as Listen to the Forest and Words, Earth \u0026amp; Aloha he found a filmic voice that speaks from deep within his own island world.Kamae’s personal journey is measured by the many teachers Kamae, now 85, has met along the way, from Mary Kawena Pukui and Pilahi Paki, to `Iolani Luahine, San Li`a Kalainaina, and “Papa” Henry Auwae. Dancers and singers, storytellers, healers, and elders have guided him in his long quest to find the sources of a rich tradition and thus to find himself.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50402927509777,"sku":"CIN1883528283A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51695526871313,"sku":"CIN1883528283VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1883528283.jpg?v=1751249884"},{"product_id":"love-life-book-james-d-houston-9780394539386","title":"Love Life","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51324140618001,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51324143272209,"sku":"CIN0394539389VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0394539389.jpg?v=1750942540"},{"product_id":"men-in-my-life-book-james-d-houston-9781555972066","title":"The Men in My Life","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52816414933265,"sku":"CIN1555972063G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52820090749201,"sku":"CIN1555972063A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781555972066.jpg?v=1764268675"},{"product_id":"where-light-takes-its-color-from-the-sea-book-james-d-houston-9781597140836","title":"Where Light Takes Its Color from the Sea","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53024347914513,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53024348176657,"sku":"CIN159714083XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781597140836.jpg?v=1768413852"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-james-d-houston.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}