{"product_id":"the-fields-volume-30-paperback","title":"The Fields: Volume 30 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConrad Richter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid McCullough\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of a middle-American landscape from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned author Conrad Richter immense acclaim, ranking him with the greatest of American mid-century novelists. It includes \u003ci\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eThe Fields\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), and \u003ci\u003eThe Town\u003c\/i\u003e (1950) and follows the varied fortunes of Sayward Luckett and her family in southeastern Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fields \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Sayward as a wife and mother, working with her own brood on that hard frontier to create a durable home, and aspects of civilization in a region where life is still difficult and towns are just beginning to appear. It is a rich and human novel about personal conflicts and strife in the midst of a land that itself is striving. And it has an epic quality that perfectly reflects the sweeping conquest of the frontier. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore becoming one of America's greatest novelists, \u003cb\u003eConrad Richter\u003c\/b\u003e (1890-1968) worked driving a wagon over the mountains of Pennsylvania, in a machine shop, in a small-town bank, on a farm, in his own timber business, and reporting for newspapers, among other jobs. A dogged researcher, he wrote fifteen novels, most of them set on the American frontier, including \u003ci\u003eThe Light in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sea of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous short stories. His novels won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and many other accolades. \u003cb\u003eDavid McCullough\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wright Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1776\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other books of American history and biography. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.6 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760352035104,"sku":"9781613737422","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/13983c16dcb90d8537377b82b1357bb6.webp?v=1780177965","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fields-volume-30-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}