{"product_id":"the-hell-bent-kid-9781504053327","title":"The Hell Bent Kid","description":"\u003cb\u003eHailed by the Western Writers of America as one of the top twenty-five Westerns ever written: The harrowing story of an innocent young man pursued across west Texas by a relentless posse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A crack shot more skilled with a rifle than are men twice his age, eighteen-year-old Tot Lohman has no intention of using his genius for evil. But when a fight erupts at a schoolhouse dance, Lohman is forced to defend himself, and a young rancher named Shorty Boyd winds up dead. The Boyds are numerous, powerful, and vicious, and they want revenge. With no one else to turn to, Lohman sets out across canyon country to reunite with his ailing father in New Mexico Territory. The journey will be long, hot, and perilous, and to survive it, this mild-mannered boy must become the cold-blooded killer he never wanted to be. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on real events, \u003ci\u003eThe Hell Bent Kid \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of pursuit as stark and mesmerizing as the Southwestern landscape in which it is set. Unrelenting from first page to last, it ranks alongside \u003ci\u003eThe Ox-Bow Incident\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the most unique and artful stories of the West ever told. In 1958 it was adapted into the film \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell to Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by the famed Henry Hathaway and starring Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Chill Wills, and Dennis Hopper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504053327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.40d","brand":"Charles O. Locke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655198535836,"sku":"9781504053327","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_33d9132e-7263-435e-b0f2-535b3b1a4383.jpg?v=1603884970","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hell-bent-kid-9781504053327","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}