{"product_id":"john-henry-haseltine-westward-miserable-book","title":"John Henry Haseltine | Westward \u0026 Miserable signed book","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Copy, Signed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWestward \u0026amp; Miserable is an irreverent rollick, dismantling myths and Gonzoing Western history. Haseltine illustrates his outrageous collection of tall tales and spirited yarns with originality, charm, and joyfulness.” –\u003cstrong\u003eBetsy Gaines Quammen\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eTrue West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWestward \u0026amp; Miserable\u003c\/em\u003e is a picture book of sorts – a collection of paintings and stories gathered from writer and artist John Henry Haseltine’s gallery exhibitions in Livingston, Montana. It’s part regional history, part folklore, part Western mythology, but mostly it’s a book of lies … lies equally benevolent as they are pernicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sly, precise and remarkable. Haseltine [it seems] has produced this somewhat phenomenal book with no marketing strategy beyond launching a single copy into the ocean, hoping it washes up on a remote shore and generates a cargo cult.” –\u003cstrong\u003eRich Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e, comedian, SNL alum, \u0026amp; author of \u003cem\u003eNailing It!: Tales from the Comedy Frontier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to being a painter and writer, John Henry Haseltine is a frustrated theater artist, a failed filmmaker, a reviled musician and sometimes makes puppets but they aren’t super functional, and you have to be REALLY careful if you want to use them. He lives in Livingston, Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirks' Grocery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57592736088228,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/9935\/8116\/files\/848031ED-6692-4D41-92A9-390B64D31C25.jpg?v=1792799917","url":"https:\/\/kirks-grocery.myshopify.com\/products\/john-henry-haseltine-westward-miserable-book","provider":"Kirks' Grocery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}