{"product_id":"dark-thicket","title":"Dark Thicket","description":"One of America's greatest Western storytellers, Elmer Kelton has been voted the greatest Western writers of all time by the Western Writers of America.\u003ci\u003e Dark Thicket \u003c\/i\u003eis one of his many classic tales of the history of his home state of Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Owen Danforth rides home to Texas as a wounded Confederate soldier, at a time when his home state is as savagely divided as his nation. As a grievously wounded America staggers toward the inevitable end of the Civil War, secessionist \"home guards\" and staunch Union loyalists fight their own bloody battles on a more local scale. For Owen, sick to death of fighting and yearning for peace and recuperation, his homecoming is bittersweet. And when his blood ties force him to choose a side in an unwinnable conflict, Owen begins to wonder if he will ever see peace in Texas again.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48169561653503,"sku":"*R0031588*","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/7950423482477.jpg?v=1771097561","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/dark-thicket","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}