{"product_id":"perilous-passage-9781550655841","title":"Perilous Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrug-runners threaten the West Coast!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA semi-conscious man looks about a boat's cabin as a woman presses a wet cloth to his forehead. She's young, her nails are short, and her small hands are calloused. When another man tries to enter, she grabs a gun: If you come down here, Joe, I'll shoot you.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor a moment, the intruder doesn't move. I don't want your damn' old hulk, he tells her. When the woman threatens a second time, he leaves. You'd better too, he says. She's near sunk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo begins the story of Clint, a reform school runaway, and Devvy, an orphaned farm girl saddled with a deceitful drunk of a stepmother. Clint and Devvy are pushed together as they struggle against the corrupt, criminal, violent adults trying to exert control over their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerilous Passage\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared in 1949 as a serial in the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. It has since been published in hardcover, paperback, and in Swedish translation. This Ricochet Books edition marks the first new edition since 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550655841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220","brand":"Arthur Mayse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574106464437,"sku":"9781550655841","price":10.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ef712d68-4570-49ab-9abf-4bac06e53f7a.jpg?v=1643689491","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/perilous-passage-9781550655841","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}