{"product_id":"the-wooden-horseshoe-volume-24-9780875651781","title":"The Wooden Horseshoe: Volume 24","description":"An uncanny understanding of both city-council operations and the newspaper business some thirty years ago gave Leonard Sanders the ability to write this powerful novel about a small Texas city and the men who run it. Sanders has combined the struggle for power in a local city government and the human interest side of its effects on the people close to the inside in an appealing and revealing story centered around an ambitious water project designed to further the city's growth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDifferent views about the future of the city arise from the personalities of those who must decide. Some council men, like local businessman Max Berger, put their own agenda before what should be done for the city. Others, like Dr. Travis McNeil and wealthy rancher Cal Masters, have the city's best interest at heart and must stand their ground to fight for what they believe is right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy working through the plans for city expansion, the men who sit around the horseshoe-shaped council table come to realize the strains that they have been under from their work with the council. City Manager David Hartwell knows that the many hours he spends in the office have affected his family and have caused the problems that they are facing. In the same way, newspaper reporter Tom Kencaide finds that his commitment to covering the council and exposing the truth has kept him from committing to his fianc e and reporting the news he feels the people should hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wooden Horseshoe\u003c\/i\u003e, first published by Doubleday in 1964, shows that city government can consume the ones who take part in it. Those involved have to decide if they can reach a point where they do what is best for the city as well as for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-299203\"\u003eLeonard Sanders\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.03w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875651781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087565178X\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovelist Leonard Sanders is a former newspaper journalist and book review editor of the \u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Wooden Horseshoe\u003c\/i\u003e was his first novel. Other titles include \u003ci\u003eFort Worth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Hamlet Warning\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hamlet Ultimatum, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSonoma\u003c\/i\u003e, and his most recent, \u003ci\u003eIn the Valley of the Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e. Sanders lives in Fort Worth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581375410413,"sku":"9780875651781","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1c497d9d-2831-4c13-a57b-684cb9bb619c.jpg?v=1702088742","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-wooden-horseshoe-volume-24-9780875651781","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}