{"product_id":"the-valley-of-decision-paperback","title":"The Valley of Decision - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcia Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1942, \u003ci\u003eThe Valley of Decision\u003c\/i\u003e was an instant success, and its story of four generations of the Scott family--owners and operators of a Pittsburgh iron and steel works--has since captured the imagination of generations of readers. Absorbing and complex, it chronicles the family's saga from the economic panic of 1873 through the dramatic rise of American industry and trade unionism, through waves of immigration, class conflict, natural disaster, World War I, and Pearl Harbor. In 1945 it was made into a major motion picture starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck. \u003cbr\u003e This reissue features a new foreword by noted steel industry historian John Hoerr, author of \u003ci\u003eAnd the Wolf Finally Came, \u003c\/i\u003ewho places the novel in context as a classic depiction of twentieth-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is set in Pittsburgh but, as The Saturday Review of Literatures commented, it is 'a cavalcade of America, industrially, socially, and domestically.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcia Davenport\u003c\/b\u003e (1903-1996) was the author of numerous works of fiction and a biography of Mozart. Her autobiography, \u003ci\u003eToo Strong for Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1967. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.49 x 9.3 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759211610400,"sku":"9780822958055","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8134634a80de867d0df61b1cbb61ebe.webp?v=1780145618","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-valley-of-decision-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}