{"product_id":"the-coming-9781632863850","title":"The Coming","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2018 Spur Award for Historical Novel  A sweeping historical novel of the American West that follows the dramatic life of Daytime Smoke  Nez Perce son of explorer William Clark.  The Coming is an epic novel of native-white relations in North America  intimately told through the life of Daytime Smoke--the real-life red-haired son of William Clark and a Nez Perce woman. In 1805  Lewis and Clark stumble out of the Rockies on the edge of starvation. The Nez Perce help the explorers build canoes and navigate the rapids of the Columbia  then spend two months hosting them the following spring before leading them back across the snowbound mountains. Daytime Smoke is born not long after  and the tribe of his youth continues a deep friendship with white Americans  from fur trappers to missionaries  even aiding the United States government in wars with neighboring tribes. But when gold is discovered on Nez Perce land in 1860  it sets an inevitable tragedy in motion.  Daytime Smokes life spanned the seven decades between first contact and the last great Indian war. Capturing the trajectory experienced by so many native peoples--from friendship and cooperation to betrayal  war  and genocide--this sweeping novel  with its large cast of characters and vast geography  braids historical events with the drama of one mans remarkable life. Rigorously researched and cinematically rendered  The Coming is a page-turning  heart-stopping American novel in a classic mode.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67600024240181,"sku":"ByrdShop_1632863855","price":42.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781632863850.jpg?v=1790963709","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-coming-9781632863850","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}