{"product_id":"the-dust-within-the-rock-a-novel-volume-3-paperback","title":"The Dust Within the Rock: A Novel Volume 3 - 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\u003eFrank Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on one of the most significant periods in Frank Waters's own life, \u003ci\u003ePike's Peak\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the most complete expression of all the archetypal themes he explored in both fiction and nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Dust within the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, the third book in the Pike's Peak saga, an aging Joseph Rogier clings to his vision of finding gold in the great mountain and his grandson Marsh comes of age in the Rogier household. It is the early part of the twentieth century, in Colorado Springs, and the schoolhouse, the newsstand, the railroad, the mines, all become part of the younger man's emergence into adulthood and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWaters's powerful and intuitive style transforms the tale into a mythic journey, a search for meaning played out in the drama of everyday living on the vast American frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePike's Peak\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) is composed of three condensed novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Earth's Nobility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBelow Grass Roots\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dust within the Rock\u003c\/i\u003e. Some years after its publication, an interviewer asked Frank Waters whether it was autobiographical. \"Yes,\" he replied, \"and no.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1995), one of the finest chroniclers of the American Southwest, wrote twenty-eight works of fiction and nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52555346739507,"sku":"9780804010498","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/O4BFQE7r8g9780804010498.webp?v=1761130395","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-dust-within-the-rock-a-novel-volume-3-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}