{"product_id":"book-ba1p","title":"Wayfaring Stranger","description":"\u003cb\u003e2015 Audie Award Finalist for Thriller\/Suspense\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his most ambitious work yet, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland happens upon infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow after one of their notorious armed robberies. A confrontation with the outlaws ends with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTen years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of his sergeant, Hershel Pine, and a young Spanish prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the strawberry blonde Bonnie Parker, and is equally mysterious. The three return to Texas where Weldon and Hershel get in on the ground floor of the nascent oil business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn just a few years’ time Weldon will spar with the jackals of the industry, rub shoulders with dangerous men, and win and lose fortunes twice over. But it is the prospect of losing his one true love that will spur his most reckless act yet—one inspired by that encounter long ago with the outlaws of his youth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA tender love story and pulse-pounding thriller, \u003ci\u003eWayfaring Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e \"is a sprawling historical epic full of courage and loyalty and optimism and good-heartedness that reads like an ode to the American Dream\" (Benjamin Percy, \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347728015664,"sku":"BDba1p","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49347728048432,"sku":"40ba1p","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/313734-ba1p-Square.jpg?v=1734208977","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ba1p","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}