{"product_id":"blood-before-dawn-2-9781952782350","title":"Blood Before Dawn, 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eVolume 2 in The Dung Beetles of Liberia series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn April of 1979, Ken Verrier and his wife, Sam, return to Liberia to buy diamonds. They did not return to get caught up in a rice riot and a coup de'etat. But that's what happens. Ken witnesses and unwittingly participates in a period of Liberia's tumultuous yet poorly documented history---the overthrow of the Tolbert presidency and ultimately the end of the Americo-Liberian one hundred thirty-three years of political and social dominance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetails of President Tolbert's assassination are sketchy, but through Ken's association with his Americo friends from the past, the CIA agents he meets, and the Liberian military he is forced to deal with, a believable scenario emerges.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile describing the once beautiful country and a kind and generous people, Meier intertwines terrifying tales of the atrocities committed that account for the future pain of an entire nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bqb Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952782350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Daniel V. Meier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41352389394613,"sku":"9781952782350","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_57ba755b-4980-4e19-b234-dbf7f507142b.jpg?v=1637033338","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blood-before-dawn-2-9781952782350","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}