{"product_id":"the-blue-ridge-tunnel-a-remarkable-engineering-feat-in-antebellum-virginia-9781626194212","title":"The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it, discover the groundbreaking story of the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. Prolific author Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet's famed tunnel and their American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626194212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Mary E. Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662856351900,"sku":"9781626194212","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ca400915-92a7-42e0-a50e-713ef5feaf5d.jpg?v=1603902891","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-ridge-tunnel-a-remarkable-engineering-feat-in-antebellum-virginia-9781626194212","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}