{"product_id":"an-endangered-species-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496238672","title":"An Endangered Species; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496238672","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Endangered Species\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrances Washburn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496238672\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.434 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is an exquisitely written story of two families struggling to survive in the Great Plains of the 1960s. Swans and circumstances bring these families-one Native and one white-together in Washburn’s graceful and insightful prose.\"-\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Gifted with an astonishing ability to create vivid characters, Frances Washburn pulls a real sleight of hand in this hypnotic novel.\"-Charlotte Hinger, \u003ci\u003eRoundup Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Frances Washburn is a consummate storyteller. \u003ci\u003eAn Endangered Species\u003c\/i\u003e, her newest book, is a poignant, tragic, and brilliant tale of two families, one Native and one white, trying to cope with changing times on the Northern Plains in the early 1960s. Washburn’s forte is character development. The reader gets to know not only the time and place of the story, but also what makes her characters tick. The book is a masterwork of prose, rich in simile and active in voice. The story moves artfully to its final, surprising conclusion. It is indeed difficult to put down.”-Tom Holm, author of \u003ci\u003eIra Hayes and The Osage Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e​Named a \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine'\u003c\/i\u003es Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tom Warder, born on the Pine Ridge Reservation, works at the LaCreek refuge, which hosts the nation’s last remaining trumpeter swans. The refuge manager assigns Tom, who owns land adjacent to the refuge, to be the swans’ day-to-day caretaker. Tom’s land isn’t productive enough to make a sole living from it, so he leases grazing rights to white rancher Bart Johnson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bart has fallen into debt and is unable to pay the lease he owes not only on Tom’s land but also on land he leases from other Native landowners. As he sinks into debt his wife, Betty, becomes more extravagant and resistant to pleas for economy, while their son, Brian, becomes fascinated with hunting and begins stalking the trumpeter swans for the thrill of killing one. As his finances and his family fall apart, Bart takes to drinking. Meanwhile Tom’s wife, Anna, and three daughters struggle to make ends meet, though their eldest daughter, Bit, who often assists her father in the care of the swans, is bright and determined to become something. Where Bit is the hope of her family, Brian is the disaster of his.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Endangered Species\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of two families, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, bound to circumstances largely beyond their control, and struggling to survive on the upper Great Plains during the 1960s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. Chapter One\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chapter Two\u003cbr\u003e 3. Chapter Three\u003cbr\u003e 4. Chapter Four\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chapter Five\u003cbr\u003e 6. Chapter Six\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chapter Seven\u003cbr\u003e 8. Chapter Eight\u003cbr\u003e 9. Chapter Nine\u003cbr\u003e 10. Chapter Ten\u003cbr\u003e 11. Chapter Eleven\u003cbr\u003e 12. Chapter Twelve\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chapter Thirteen\u003cbr\u003e 14. Chapter Fourteen\u003cbr\u003e 15. Chapter Fifteen\u003cbr\u003e 16. Chapter Sixteen\u003cbr\u003e 17. Chapter Seventeen\u003cbr\u003e 18. Chapter Eighteen\u003cbr\u003e 19. Chapter Nineteen\u003cbr\u003e 20. Chapter Twenty\u003cbr\u003e 21. Chapter Twenty-One\u003cbr\u003e 22. Chapter Twenty-Two\u003cbr\u003e 23. Chapter Twenty-Three\u003cbr\u003e 24. Chapter Twenty-Four\u003cbr\u003e 25. Chapter Twenty-Five\u003cbr\u003e 26. Chapter Twenty-Six\u003cbr\u003e 27. Chapter Twenty-Seven\u003cbr\u003e 28. Chapter Twenty-Eight\u003cbr\u003e 29. Chapter Twenty-Nine\u003cbr\u003e 30. 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