{"product_id":"little-century-9781250033369","title":"Little Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Anna Keesey's debut novel hums with raw energy: its youthful heroine's, the small town around which the ranches lie, and the new century that's just unfolding....Exhilarating.\"--The Boston Globe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of such Western classics as \u003ci\u003eMy  ntonia \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThere Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Anna Keesey's \u003ci\u003eLittle Century \u003c\/i\u003eis a resonant and moving debut novel by a writer of confident gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned after the death of her mother, eighteen-year-old Esther Chambers heads west in search of her only living relative. In the lawless town of Century, Oregon, she's met by her distant cousin--a cattle rancher named Ferris Pickett. There, she begins a new life as a homesteader, in the hope that her land will one day join Pick's impressive spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Century is in the midst of an escalating and violent war over water and rangeland. As incidents between the sheep and cattle ranchers turn to bloodshed, Esther's sympathies are divided between her cousin and a sheepherder named Ben Cruff, sworn enemy of the cattlemen. Torn between her growing passion for Ben and her love of the austere land, she begins to realize that she can't be loyal to both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250033369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.49w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2013 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anna Keesey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648510292124,"sku":"9781250033369","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7fb1c8d9-9fc7-4233-abd5-2cfba1dff3a5.jpg?v=1603870243","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-century-9781250033369","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}