{"product_id":"american-places-9780143039747","title":"American Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book about America by one of the greatest writers of the American West\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is an attempt, by sampling, to say something about how the American people and the American land have interacted, how they have shaped one another; what patterns of life, with what chances of continuity, have arisen out of the confrontations between an unformed society and a virgin continent. Perhaps it is less a book about the American land than some ruminationsabout the making of America. . . . We are the unfinished product of a long becoming.\" \u003cbr\u003e--from \u003ci\u003eAmerican Places\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143039747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.84w x 0.47d","brand":"Wallace Stegner, Page Stegner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924822921397,"sku":"9780143039747","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e36c1c08-ce97-43db-b9db-3e5b5d12083d.jpg?v=1687839055","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-places-9780143039747","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}