{"product_id":"miller-cane-a-true-exact-history-9781639822355","title":"Miller Cane: A True \u0026 Exact History","description":"\u003cp\u003eProfessional liar Miller Cane is making a killing traveling around the country running therapy groups for survivors of mass shootings-and business is booming. But just as his latest con is unfolding, he's interrupted by a call from Lizzie, the woman he loves. It seems Lizzie's in jail for shooting and wounding Connor, an abusive former lover-who wants custody of Lizzie's eight-year-old daughter, Carleen. Lizzie is adamant: Miller must keep Carleen from Connor, taking her on the road with him in his battered old motor home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Miller's former life as a history teacher and scholar catches up with him when his New York editor persuades him to contribute to a forthcoming history book. Miller takes Carleen to historical sites in the American West-from the Whitman Massacre site to the home of Laura Ingalls Wilder-and begins writing his textbook entries. But dealing as he is with the stress of parenting Carleen while evading Connor and other threats, Miller's textbook sidebars become more and more . . . creative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the two drive toward their inescapable destiny, Miller the liar struggles to say something true that he can bequeath to this child he's grown to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiller Cane: A True \u0026amp; Exact History\u003c\/em\u003e is set in our tumultuous present, swimming in violence and fraud, but it's also about how we care for each other, even save each other, with a narrative drive and sense of humor in the tradition of other American road novels, from \u003cem\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e. Painfully true and painfully funny, \u003cem\u003eMiller Cane\u003c\/em\u003e will take its place alongside such classics as \u003cem\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePaper Moon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Slant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639822355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Samuel Ligon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934116573365,"sku":"9781639822355","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/miller-cane-a-true-exact-history-9781639822355","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}