{"product_id":"naugahide-days-the-lost-island-stories-of-thomas-wood-briar-paperback","title":"Naugahide Days: The Lost Island Stories of Thomas Wood Briar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhil Laughing Crow Austin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Austin\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"So, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egentle reader, open up this book, pick out a tale at random, doesn't matter \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich, and put your feet up on the old swaybacked sofa in this ancient \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etumbledown rose cottage at the end of the sandy lane. Listen. Outside the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewindow, a summer nor'easter is brewing. The wind finds a shrill banshee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evoice. It rattles the shingles and mists hard, chill raindrops off the grey \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eslop dancing out in the harbor...Listen. Thomas Woodbriar's calm baritone \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintroduces you to his world, this tiny crescent of sanddune and beach plum \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand cobblestone, such a sweetly mad tempest in a cracked, old teapot, this \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaugahide that he knows so intimately...\" (From the introduction by Phil \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaughing Crow Austin)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil Austin, born in Hartford, CT in 1953 has lived on Nantucket, Island for the past twenty years with his wife Ursula, son Robin, and an alarming number of tame animals. He has been a blues singer, a Native American rights activist, a theatre designer, and housewright. His magical realism tales of angels, aliens, and the everyday saints among us all speak of the invariable goodness of humankind. His first novel, On Bethel Ridge, a Christmas fable published in 1998, was hailed as 'a sharply etched tale reaching across cultures with a universal spirituality.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.56 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152740040843,"sku":"9780738858043","price":46.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/yfKRTPZ9ho9780738858043.webp?v=1781001982","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/naugahide-days-the-lost-island-stories-of-thomas-wood-briar-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}