{"product_id":"the-devils-fork-hardback-9781477317587","title":"The Devil's Fork (Hardback) 9781477317587","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Devil's Fork\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBill Wittliff (Author), Edward Carey (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477317587, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e164 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2 cm, 0.567 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\"As outrageously entertaining as its predecessors.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (austin360) \u003cdiv\u003e\"[A] tall tale to end all tall tales…\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Fork\u003c\/i\u003e offer[s] an escape into the old Southwest if just for a moment.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Books in Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Fork\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the boy Papa exclaiming, “They was gonna hang my o’Amigo Calley Pearsall out there in front a’the Alamo down in San Antoneya come Saturday Noon and if I was gonna stop it I better Light a Shuck and Get on with it. And I mean Right Now.” And so Papa and his sweetheart Annie Oster set off to rescue Calley, thereby launching themselves into another series of hair-raising adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Fork\u003c\/i\u003e concludes the enthralling journey through wild and woolly Central Texas in the 1880s that began in \u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Backbone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Sinkhole\u003c\/i\u003e. Papa springs Calley from jail, but their troubles are far from over. Framed for murder, the two amigos have to flee for their lives. Joining their flight this time is o’Johnny, the evil Sheriff Pugh’s disabled little brother, who has uncanny abilities. Escaping danger for a while, Papa and Calley try to start a new life as horse traders, only to find themselves branded as horse thieves when o’Johnny and a mysterious white ghost horse begin rescuing abused horses from their masters. Can Papa and Calley escape the noose and save all the horses that Johnny and the White Horse liberate? Or will their own hot tempers send them down the Devil’s Fork, from which no one ever returns?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProving himself a master storyteller once again, Bill Wittliff spins a yarn as engrossing as the stories his own Papa told him long ago, stories that inspired \u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Backbone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Sinkhole\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Devil’s Fork\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589128679704,"sku":"9781477317587","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-devils-fork-hardback-9781477317587","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}