{"id":453,"date":"2026-01-27T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:18:07","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/?page_id=453","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"453\" class=\"elementor elementor-453\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1f530 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c1f530\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f47a4dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f47a4dd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8868533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8868533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ride-Away-FLAT-scaled-edited-768x1227.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ride-Away-FLAT-scaled-edited.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f7c3c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9f7c3c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36aaf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f36aaf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/?page_id=470\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kill-Town-FLAT-scaled-edited-640x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-442\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kill-Town-FLAT-scaled-edited-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kill-Town-FLAT-scaled-edited-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kill-Town-FLAT-scaled-edited-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kill-Town-FLAT-scaled-edited.jpg 851w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8328ed2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8328ed2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ddedd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46ddedd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a 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Smith<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f7a6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75f7a6c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1aa85a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1aa85a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a class=\"book-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/?page_id=424\">Ride Away<\/a><\/h4><p><a class=\"book-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scottsmithwesterns.com\/?page_id=29\">Cotton Smith<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ce62d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65ce62d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcc75d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcc75d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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