{"product_id":"books-elmore-leonard-westerns-loa-308-by-elmore-leonard","title":"Elmore Leonard: Westerns (LOA #308)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary of America presents a definitive collection of classic Westerns by America's master modern crime writer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the great storytellers of our time, Elmore Leonard perfected his craft writing Westerns, a genre he loved. These tales--some adapted into such outstanding films as \u003ci\u003eHombre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eValdez Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e3:10 to Yuma\u003c\/i\u003e--are unexcelled for their wiry tautness, sharp characterizations, and jolts of unexpected humor. For sheer stripped-down narrative tension Leonard never did anything better, and the fresh twists he finds in resolving the genre's classic confrontations reveal a master at work. Whether describing a Civil War veteran coming back to find his homestead stolen (\u003cb\u003eLast Stand at Saber River\u003c\/b\u003e), a man raised by Apaches treated with contempt by the white settlers who will ultimately depend on him for their survival (\u003cb\u003eHombre\u003c\/b\u003e), a local constable, tricked into killing an innocent man, fighting back against the powerful man who duped him (\u003cb\u003eValdez Is Coming\u003c\/b\u003e), or two convicts in a desert prison--one African American and the other half-Apache--plotting a near-impossible escape (\u003cb\u003eForty Lashes Less One\u003c\/b\u003e), Leonard's westerns are tough, suspenseful, convincing, and beautifully spare in style.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507323756817,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781598535624.jpg?v=1778124081","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-elmore-leonard-westerns-loa-308-by-elmore-leonard","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}