{"product_id":"hooligan-a-mormon-boyhood-9780978797157","title":"Hooligan: A Mormon Boyhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Douglas Thayer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Zarahemla Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Zarahemla Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the days before sunscreen, soccer practice, MTV, and Amber Alerts, boys roamed freely in the American West--fishing, hunting, hiking, pausing to skinny-dip in river or pond. Douglas Thayer was such a boy. In this poignant, often humorous memoir, he depicts his Utah Valley boyhood during the Great Depression and World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnown in some circles as a Mormon Hemingway, Thayer has created a richly detailed work that shares cultural DNA with Frank McCourt's \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes, \u003c\/i\u003e Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, \u003c\/i\u003e and William Golding's \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies.\u003c\/i\u003e His narrative at once prosaic and poetic, Thayer captures nostalgia for a simpler time, along with boyhood's universal yearnings, pleasures, and mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zarahemla Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45506169798807,"sku":"9780978797157","price":1241.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780978797157.webp?v=1767165679","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hooligan-a-mormon-boyhood-9780978797157","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}