{"product_id":"the-great-american-west-pursuing-the-american-dream","title":"The Great American West: Pursuing the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenneth Rendells fascination with the American West dates back to childhood in the late 1940s  when movies and radio  and  eventually  television  abounded with Western stories. \"My vision of the West at that young age was highly romanticized  \" he says. \"but that image didnt last long.\" Hed soon read enough history to realize that the West of Roy Rogers  Gene Autry  and Hopalong Cassidy was a fantasy world with no connection to reality except the scenery. \"It wasnt this fantasy world that captured and held my attention \" says the award-winning author. \"It was the beauty of the landscape and  most important  the dream of freedom and opportunity that inspired me with a sense of adventure not unlike the spirit of the first pioneers. I never longed to be a cowboy or a gunfighter  but I did yearn to escape from my neighborhood to the wide-open spaces of the West  where a man could do whatever he could do. \" In The Great American West:Pursuing the American Dream  Rendell serves up a combination of the engaging text and dramatic imagery that made his book World War II:Saving the Reality such a popular seller. Readers will see dozens of Western artifacts and relics  letters from famous outlaws  old newspaper clippings  historical maps and posters  and other rarities make the American West come alive  a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be shared with the whole family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986473578549,"sku":"ByrdShop_0794833594","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780794833596_cd6de9e2-9520-42bd-b6b4-4da3f7dd05c9.jpg?v=1772687087","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-american-west-pursuing-the-american-dream","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}