{"product_id":"the-devils-rope-9780786045693","title":"The Devil's Rope","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed storyteller Tim Washburn, the second adventure in a thrilling new saga of the Old West, the sprawling story of one frontier family--and the Texas home they fought for, lived for, and died for...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Ridgeway family faces their greatest challenge when a devastating drought threatens to spark an open range war, forcing them to fight for their ranch, their dream--and their lives... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the summer of 1883. A severe drought threatens to bankrupt the Ridgeway's Rocking R Ranch and every rancher in northwest Texas. The cattle are thirsty and hungry. The ranchers are getting desperate. And a simple new invention called barbed wire--the devil's rope--is their only defense against illegal herders grazing on their land. Percy Ridgeway and his brother Eli are working overtime to stake a fence around their sixty thousand acres. But someone keeps cutting the wires. The Ridgeways keep fixing them. And soon Perry is tangled in a high-stakes showdown with a thieving cattleman named Northcutt and his cutthroat henchmen. Let the battle begin... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistory would call it the Fence Wars of 1883. The Ridgeways would call it the summer they fought back--come hell or dry water...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinnacle Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786045693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.80w x 1.20d","brand":"Tim Washburn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38026937925813,"sku":"9780786045693","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_01c33757-2b2c-4114-aed6-382a64af4044.jpg?v=1609191707","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-devils-rope-9780786045693","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}