02210cam a2200337 i 4500 2687176277 TxAuBib 20260223120000.0 251009s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781665024136 hardcover 1665024135 hardcover TxAuBib rda Wade, James, author. Narrow the road / James Wade. First edition. Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2025. 292 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier With his father missing and his mother gravely ill, William Carter is struggling to keep his family's cotton farm afloat in the face of drought and foreclosure. As his options wane, William receives a mysterious letter that claims to know his father's whereabouts. Together with his best friend Ollie, a mortician in training, William sets out to find his father and bring him home to set things right. But before the boys can complete their quest, they must navigate the labyrinth of the Big Thicket, some of the country's most uncharted, untamed land. Along the way they encounter eccentric backwoods characters of every order, running afoul of murderers, bootleggers, and even the legendary Bonnie and Clyde. But the danger is doubled when the boys agree to take on a medicine show runaway named Lena, eliciting the ire of the show's leader, the nefarious con man Doctor Downtain. As William, Ollie, and Lena race to uncover the clues and find William's father, Downtain is closing in on them, readying to make good on his violent reputation. With the clock ticking, William must decide where his loyalties lie and how far he's willing to go for the people he loves. 20260223. Young men Fiction. Family farms Fiction. Absentee fathers Fiction. Depressions 1929 Fiction. Best friends Fiction. Texas, East Fiction. Historical fiction. fast BSBPL