{"product_id":"cheap-land-colorado-book-ted-conover-9780525521488","title":"Cheap Land Colorado","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Ted Conover, a fascinating portrait of a group of Americans living off-grid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the failed rural subdivisions of Colorado's enormous San Luis Valley lives a community of people on the edge. In exchange for freedom from government and landlords, from the congestion and smog of cities, they endure a disconcerting lack of jobs, marginal schools, hard-to-reach medical care, harsh weather, and other privations. Some residents have families, but many, older and disabled, are alone. Some are addicted to alcohol or marijuana. A few are veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Some are felons; others might be if they were to get caught. Most of the residents have guns. All have chosen to live here, on a last frontier that retains the beauty of a century ago but whose contentious culture reflects an America at the crossroads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn May 2017, Ted Conover left New York City to join them. First volunteering as an outreach worker through a local charitable group and renting a plot for his trailer from a family who was homeschooling their five daughters, he went on to buy his own land and immerse himself in the community for parts of four years--and counting. The result is a close, candid look at a unique brand of Americans: their self-sufficiency, their isolation from society, the connections they forge with each other and the land. The author creates an indelible portrait of hard lives lived amid a stunning beauty.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49506955919633,"sku":"CIN0525521488G","price":5.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49912143773969,"sku":"CIN0525521488VG","price":5.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53362961187089,"sku":"GOR014878786","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53363031179537,"sku":"GOR013378953","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0525521488.jpg?v=1751230467","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/cheap-land-colorado-book-ted-conover-9780525521488","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}