{"product_id":"murders-at-moon-dance-9780803270398","title":"Murders at Moon Dance","description":"At a difficult and sad time in his family life, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., turned for surcease to reading western and whodunit novels. In his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Hen's Chick\u003c\/i\u003e (also a Bison Book), he touches on that moment when he realized he could write as well as or better than the published plot-spinners. What about a mystery and cow-country myth in combination? he mused, So far as I could recall, the two had never been blended. All right. I'd blend them. \u003cp\u003eThe result was his first novel, \u003ci\u003eMurders at Moon Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, appearing in 1943. It was an audacious debut with bold characterizations and a sharply etched, atmospheric setting The dusty town of Moon Dance, smacked down between barren mountains and a badland named the Freezeout, would also be a back-drop for \u003ci\u003eThe Big It and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1960). In Guthrie's hand, raw vitality replaces the woodenness of much writing in the genre, and unexpected grace notes in the verbal rhythms suggest the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (1947) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Way West\u003c\/i\u003e (1949).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803270398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.34w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/1993\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jr. Alfred Bertram Guthrie, A. B. Guthrie Jr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643683958940,"sku":"9780803270398","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ac579b64-65a0-4b50-abd1-bf943ed63cc0.jpg?v=1603857074","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murders-at-moon-dance-9780803270398","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}