{"product_id":"the-town-volume-31-paperback","title":"The Town: Volume 31 - 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 Town\u003c\/i\u003e, the longest novel of the trilogy, won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize and received excellent reviews across the country. It tells how Sayward completes her mission and lives to see the transition of her family and her friends, American pioneers, from the ways of wilderness to the ways of civilization. Here is the tumultuous story of how the Lucketts grow to face the turmoil of the first half of the 19th century. \u003ci\u003eThe Town \u003c\/i\u003eis a much bigger book than either of its predecessors, and with them comprises a great American epic.\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770659012896,"sku":"9781613737439","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4d24e8ddd479aa9c4477cd80fbfce383.webp?v=1780376636","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-town-volume-31-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}