{"product_id":"the-trees-volume-29-paperback","title":"The Trees: Volume 29 - 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 Trees \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of an American family in the wilderness--a family that \"followed the woods as some families follow the sea.\" The time is the end of the eighteenth century, the wilderness is the land west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River. But principally, \u003ci\u003eThe Trees \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a girl named Sayward, eldest daughter of Worth and Jary Luckett, raised in the forest far from the rest of humankind, yet growing to realize that the way of the hunter must cede to the way of the tiller of soil.\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 320\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":51770659242272,"sku":"9781613737415","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fcb995f4b3642c86656e1b07e03ea954.webp?v=1780376638","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-trees-volume-29-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}