{"product_id":"leanders-lies-9781953932419","title":"Leander's Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003eElias Leander Muller did not hunt with Teddy Roosevelt in the Dismal Swamp, as he claimed. He never represented North Carolina in the U.S. Congress. He never lived on a plantation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLies. All lies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the post-Civil War South, Elias grows up along the eastern edge of North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. A gifted boy, he imagines himself becoming a prominent politician or eloquent preacher. But early marriage and fatherhood trap him in the life he'd hoped to avoid: that of a poor tenant farmer. When the Panic of 1893 sends a financial blow to the entire country, Elias, like many farmers, is heavily in debt. He abandons Emma and their sons. Going by the name of Leander, he reinvents himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe South has changed since he first mapped out his political ambitions. A Republican (as in the Party of Lincoln), he recognizes the futility of confronting the powerful Democratic Party. Where to go? What to do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeander is an anti-hero, a man whose deceptions escalate at grave cost to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil escape becomes exile.\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 April Gloaming Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953932419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Nancy Werking Poling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52051779715253,"sku":"9781953932419","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5d0db9b2-a691-4d73-8a4e-ef142e87f84e.jpg?v=1764047921","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/leanders-lies-9781953932419","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}