{"product_id":"lone-dog-road-9781608689941","title":"Lone Dog Road","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA tale of compassion and redemption from an award-winning author whose writing Louise Erdrich has praised as \"storytelling with a greatness of heart\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the drought-stricken summer of 1950, 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 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 agent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alive with a rich tapestry of characters the boys meet along their journey, this riveting story 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 yet intimate, \u003cem\u003eLone Dog Road \u003c\/em\u003eis 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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17366234\"\u003eKent Nerburn\u003c\/a\u003e\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\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608689941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608689948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC059080\"\u003eIndigenous | Life Stories\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC137000\"\u003eNative American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKent Nerburn\u003c\/strong\u003e has published sixteen books of creative nonfiction, fiction, and essays focusing on Native American and American culture and spirituality, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eChief Joseph \u0026amp; the Flight of the Nez Perce\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New World Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48450106360045,"sku":"9781608689941","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_67e7eb93-a4db-46d6-b6bf-85b9cce48a85.jpg?v=1753478243","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/lone-dog-road-9781608689941","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}