{"product_id":"lone-dog-road-kent-nerburn-paperback","title":"Lone Dog Road -- Kent Nerburn, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning author Kent Nerburn, whose writing Louise Erdrich has praised as \"storytelling with a greatness of heart,\" a tale of compassion and redemption played out against the haunting backdrop of the Dakota High Plains during the drought-stricken summer of 1950\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two Lakota boys, ages eleven and six, huddle in a boxcar hurtling through the prairie night as they run from a government agent sent to take the younger boy to an Indian boarding school. But what begins as a pursuit soon becomes a complex human drama of intersecting lives as the boys make their way across the vast Dakota plains to the pipestone quarries of western Minnesota to replace their great-grandfather's \u003cem\u003echannunpa\u003c\/em\u003e, or sacred pipe, that was broken by the government agent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alive with a rich tapestry of characters the boys meet along their journey, \u003cem\u003eLone Dog Road\u003c\/em\u003e is at once an exploration of the hidden corners of the human heart and a moving study of the way the land shapes the people who live, love, dream, and die upon it. Sprawling, complex, and intimate, \u003cem\u003eLone Dog Road\u003c\/em\u003e is destined to take its place in the grand tradition of great American road novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent Nerburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New World Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608689941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKent Nerburn \u003c\/strong\u003eis an American author who has published 16 books of creative nonfiction, fiction, and essays, focusing on Native American and American culture and spirituality. He won a Minnesota Book Award in 1995 for \u003cem\u003eNeither Wolf nor Dog\u003c\/em\u003e and another in 2010 for \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf at Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e KentNerburn.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent Nerburn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49655915446500,"sku":"9781608689941","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781608689941.jpg?v=1786780491","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/lone-dog-road-kent-nerburn-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}