{"product_id":"alexanders-bridge-9780307739667","title":"Alexander's Bridge","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander's Bridge, \u003c\/i\u003eWilla Cather's first novel, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut psychological drama about the fragility of human connections.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 1912, just a year before \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers! \u003c\/i\u003emade Cather's name, it features high society on an international stage rather than the immigrant prairie characters she later became known for. The successful and glamorous life of Bartley Alexander, a world-renowned engineer and bridge builder, begins to unravel when he encounters a former lover in London. As he shuttles among his wife in Boston, his old flame in London, and a massive bridge he is building in Canada, Alexander finds himself increasingly tormented. But the threatened collapse of his marriage presages a more fatal catastrophe, one he will risk his life to try to prevent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307739667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.32w x 0.47d","brand":"Willa Cather","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43705046139061,"sku":"9780307739667","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_eabd37f3-056e-467d-9905-6ffd2060855f.jpg?v=1709653461","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alexanders-bridge-9780307739667","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}