{"product_id":"beauty-for-ashes-rendezvous-9780765305749","title":"Beauty for Ashes (Rendezvous)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrapping beaver was the major source of income for mountain men in the Rocky Mountain West of the 1820s -- the luxuriant  sought-after pelts could make a man rich. But it was a dangerous way to make a living: winter blizzards  hostile Indians  sickness  and starvation lurked at every point of the compass. Only a special brand of man could survive it all.  After making a harrowing 700-mile journey alone and on foot from the Sweetwater River in Wyoming to Fort Atkinson on the Missouri River and finding a home in the fur trade  young Sam Morgan is becoming just such a man. Followed closely by Coy  his faithful coyote pup  and trapping with a brigade of mountain men  Sam seeks more than furs and wealth. He is searching for the love of his life  the Crow Indian woman Meadowlark  and with his companions -- the French-Canadian Gideon Dubois  the mulatto Jim Beckwourth  and the Pawnee Third Wing -- he heads for the Wind River country and the village of Meadowlarks people.  Sam is put to every test in his journey to the Crow village: fights with Pawnee  Lakota and Blackfeet; captivity and escape from a Sioux camp  buffalo hunts  and the distrust of Meadowlarks family and tribe. He endures the sweat lodge and Sun Dance ceremonies that test his beliefs and self-confidence  and concocts a last-ditch  daring  and foolhardy scheme to win Meadowlarks hand.  For all its page-turning action  Beauty for Ashes is the unforgettable story of a boy who becomes a man by necessity in the cruel  beautiful  unexplored wilderness of the Old West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67902261297205,"sku":"ByrdShop_0765305747","price":40.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780765305749.jpg?v=1793821327","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/beauty-for-ashes-rendezvous-9780765305749","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}