{"product_id":"as-good-as-gone-paperback","title":"As Good as Gone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Honest, warm, humane, and at times shocking, \u003ci\u003eAs Good as Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is an achievement of empathy and dignity.\" --Smith Henderson, author of \u003ci\u003eFourth of July Creek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalvin Sidey is always ready to run, and it doesn't take much to set him in motion. As a young man, he ran from this block, from Gladstone, from Montana, from this country. From his family and the family business. He ran from sadness, and he ran from responsibility. If the gossip was true, he ran from the law.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1963, and Calvin Sidey, one of the last of the old cowboys, has long ago left his family to live a life of self-reliance out on the prairie. He's been a mostly absentee father and grandfather until his estranged son asks him to stay with his grandchildren, Ann and Will, for a week while he and his wife are away. So Calvin agrees to return to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, to the very home he once abandoned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But trouble soon comes to the door when a boy's attentions to seventeen-year-old Ann become increasingly aggressive and a group of reckless kids portend danger for eleven-year-old Will. Calvin knows only one way to solve problems: the Old West way, in which scores are settled and ultimatums are issued and your gun is always loaded. And though he has a powerful effect on those around him--from the widowed neighbor who has fallen under his spell to Ann and Will, who see him as the man who brings a sudden and violent order to their lives--in the changing culture of the 1960s, Calvin isn't just a relic; he's a wild card, a danger to himself and those who love him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAs Good as Gone, \u003c\/i\u003e Larry Watson captures our longing for the Old West and its heroes, and he challenges our understanding of loyalty and justice. Both tough and tender, it is a stunning achievement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Watson\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota, and received his BA and MA from the University of North Dakota and his PhD in creative writing at the University of Utah. He has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wisconsin Arts Board. He is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eLet Him Go, Montana 1948, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmerican Boy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWatson's fiction has been published in many foreign editions and has received multiple prizes and awards. He has published short stories and poems in a range of journals. His essays and book reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel.\u003c\/i\u003e Watson teaches at Marquette University and lives with his wife in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693096308799,"sku":"9781616206956","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fa8e473c221d41e5fa17c7365e5c38d4.webp?v=1764997741","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/as-good-as-gone-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}