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Brutal cold, isolation, and fearful risks balance against the satisfaction of living a unique existence in modern America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis award-winning narrative is a gripping story of adventure, a rousing tale of self-sufficiency, and modern-day Walden. From either perspective, Fromm lives up to his reputation as one of the West's strongest new voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51435773886687,"sku":"9781558212053","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9J4Cs-byA89781558212053.webp?v=1790049538"},{"product_id":"indian-creek-chronicles-a-winter-alone-in-the-wilderness-paperback","title":"Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Creek Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e is Pete Fromm's account of seven winter months spent alone in a tent in Idaho guarding salmon eggs and coming face to face with the blunt realities of life as a contemporary mountain man. A gripping story of adventure and a modern-day Walden, this contemporary classic established Fromm as one of the West's premier voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Honest, lyrical, and full of a kind of an ineffable wonder. Anyone who has ever loved a place truly will surely love this book.\"--Pam Houston, author of \u003ci\u003eCowboys Are My Weakness \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51435909021919,"sku":"9780312422721","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/E3paCJuZ1W9780312422721.webp?v=1790052580"},{"product_id":"as-cool-as-i-am-paperback","title":"As Cool as I Am - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CLAIRE DANES, JAMES MARSDEN AND SARAH BOLGER \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs Cool As I Am\u003c\/i\u003e \"... packs an emotional punch that sneaks up from behind... Fromm creates an engrossing coming-of-age saga that cuts to the essence and shines.\"(\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a teenager pretty much left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck pace toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading. Simultaneously embracing and resisting their similarities, Pete Fromm reveals both women's emotional vulnerabilities and their deep mutual need. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conveyed through dialogue that is both laugh-aloud-funny and true, Lucy stands out in contemporary literature for her large heart and inimitable grit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51459911909599,"sku":"9780312307769","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DION6s4XBX9780312307769.webp?v=1790369582"},{"product_id":"night-swimming-stories-paperback","title":"Night Swimming: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with admiration for his characters and the hope they bring to their day to day dilemmas, \u003ci\u003eNight Swimming \u003c\/i\u003ehas affirmed Pete Fromm's reputation as one of the nation's best writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51459928359135,"sku":"9780312263638","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/oYcXvUlE8a9780312263638.webp?v=1790369612"},{"product_id":"how-all-this-started-paperback","title":"How All This Started - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe striking debut novel from award-winning writer Pete Fromm\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbilene and Austin, a sister and brother frustrated with the small-town Texas life their parents have chosen, turn to each other to escape the story they're all too tired of hearing: their father's unvarying account of \"How All This Started\"-how he met their mother then settled down in the middle of nowhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePinning her dreams on her younger brother, Abilene becomes dead-set on making Austin a pitching star, a \"fireballer\" like Nolan Ryan. Swept up in her irresistible exuberance, they try, with baseball and firearms, to combat the stagnation of the Texas landscape--so fiercely it's uncertain whether either of them will survive Abilene's manic dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing one of the most memorable female characters in contemporary literature, \u003ci\u003eHow All This Started \u003c\/i\u003eportrays with strength and subtlety the visceral bond between a brother and sister.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67578640302303,"sku":"9780312276973","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/mTPHvSZo-E9780312276973.webp?v=1790405607"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/pete-fromm.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}