{"product_id":"the-toadvine-papers-a-memory-9781977208262","title":"The Toadvine Papers: A Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eErnest Toadvine Jr. is on course to become one of the most celebrated sculptors of the 20th Century, but on a blustery October day in post-World War II Cincinnati, after mustering out of the Merchant Marines, he just needs a place to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is directed to a boarding house run by the single mother and aunt of Alex Kemp, a boy who is just about to start school. They didn't know that their lives would be, from that time on, as intertwined as the intricate toad-and-vine tattoo that Ernest sported on his forearm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter high school, Alex's young career takes him though a stint at a burlesque theater and a funeral home until he and Toadvine launch on a trip to Central America, where they discover a startling pre-Columbian artifact, which can change their lives forever, if only they can get it back to the States and his studio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins an adventure across the Caribbean, that can pay off grandly, or end tragically with one shot from a Mark IV Webley pistol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781977208262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Richard Bartholomew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471266119861,"sku":"9781977208262","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a632f2d5-b256-421b-9487-18c4ff1fa176.jpg?v=1704825094","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-toadvine-papers-a-memory-9781977208262","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}