{"product_id":"kicking-the-loose-stones-home-romance-reckoning-and-redemption-in-the-american-west-paperback","title":"Kicking the Loose Stones Home: Romance, Reckoning, and Redemption in the American West - 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\u003ePaul Vandevelder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the flinty glitz of a Hollywood-imagined American West of two-dimensional characters are the town of Taos, New Mexico, at the intersection of the mystical and the rational; tide pools on the remote Oregon Coast; a house amid tumbleweeds in Midland, Texas; Bigfoot sightings in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains; and a deep-fried pickle served at a Route 66 roadside stand in Arizona. This is where \u003ci\u003eKicking the Loose Stones Home\u003c\/i\u003e goes in search of starting points for a genuine America--for a glimpse of ourselves and others who have made the West their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKicking the Loose Stones Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a romp across Big Empty--the American West where the authentic story of the region began in dreams, in possibilities, and often morphed into devastating challenges. This landscape of unreachable horizons, daunting paradoxes, aridity, and crippling contradictions is still unknown territory to a bicoastal society that has only experienced the region out the window of a passenger jet. Paul VanDevelder's propulsive and kaleidoscopic essays give a sense of the West we want as well as the West we have created, with all the messiness, uncertainty, and joy that life in a tough place produces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul VanDevelder\u003c\/b\u003e has been an investigative reporter, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker. His award-winning work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCoyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (Bison Books, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eSavages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire through Indian Territory\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Oregon Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51409367630047,"sku":"9781496247629","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AlbngEllC89781496247629.webp?v=1789617470","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/kicking-the-loose-stones-home-romance-reckoning-and-redemption-in-the-american-west-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}