{"product_id":"hillbilly-godfather-9780986399299","title":"Hillbilly Godfather","description":"\u003cp\u003ePower in the hills moves differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt does not announce itself. It waits. It watches. It chooses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ben is asked as a teenager to stand as godfather to his cousin's unborn child, he does not yet understand what that title will demand. Through the years - from reckless youth to college awakenings, from grief in hospital hallways to quiet alliances with lawmen and soldiers - he learns that authority is not taken in a single act. It is accumulated, guarded, and passed on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHillbilly Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e is a generational Southern novella about loyalty, ambition, corruption and succession. It explores how families build power in places overlooked by the world - and how that power survives beyond the men and women who first wield it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, legacy is not about who shouts the loudest. It belongs to the one who endures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing ten original illustrations, the book brings key moments of the story vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning author Van Hawkins, Hillbilly Godfather is a powerful tale of family, loyalty and inheritance in the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Writers Bloc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780986399299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Van Hawkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604535242933,"sku":"9780986399299","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hillbilly-godfather-9780986399299","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}