{"product_id":"the-misadventures-of-silk-and-shakespeare-paperback","title":"The Misadventures of Silk and Shakespeare - 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\u003eWin Blevins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistorical characters, close calls, and good-natured fun abound in this light-hearted romp through the West with adventures worthy of Don Quixote. \u003ci\u003e\"Win Blevins is the best writer in America.\" --John Milius, screenwriter of 'Apocalypse Now'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are two of the most improbable mountain men ever to trap and explore the Rocky Mountains. Shakespeare is a former actor, an older man of gargantuan proportion. His sidekick, Silk, is a rail-thin teenager with all the brains that Shakespeare lacks.They get into flabbergasting scrapes from wrestling bears, to falling in love with off-limits women in Santa Fe, a Crow woman warrior, and the porcelain-faced daughter of a trader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSilk and Shakespeare are fictional, but historical characters abound in this light-hearted romp through the west. Chief among these is Antelope Jim Beckwourth, the mulatto son of a Virginia plantation owner who became a warrior chief of the Crow Indians. Beckwourth's lover, Pine Leaf, was a legendary and very real woman-warrior of the Crows.This unlikely foursome gets into jams with dreaded enemies of the Crow and the Blackfeet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat's to be expected of characters who, like Don Quixote, dream of \"enchantments, quarrels, battles, challenges, wounds, wooings, loves, tempests, and other impossible follies.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Blevins 'Silk and Shakespeare' brims with good-natured fun!\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Win Blevins displays an antic imagination, not only in mingling actual and invented characters, but in melding gritty action-adventure with metaphysical musings.\" - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDale Wasserman, author of Man of La Mancha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Win Blevins is the best writer in America.\" -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Milius, screenwriter of 'Apocalypse Now' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I haven't had so much fun reading a book about the West in years.\" -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Roy Hill, director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234086793437,"sku":"9780692203811","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ketiko8PRS9780692203811.webp?v=1784821271","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-misadventures-of-silk-and-shakespeare-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}