{"product_id":"the-langlands-9781923386051","title":"The Langlands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1840, Robert Langlands, a young Scottish man, took a huge step for love and left his family to embark on a romantic escapade across the ocean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe shocked his family by deciding to pursue his lady friend, who had been deported to Australia for a minor misdemeanour. After arriving in Melbourne, Robert immediately set off to Sydney to ask his girlfriend, Agnes, to marry him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert's brother, George, and his wife, Betsy, during his leave, and having fallen on hard times, had become interested in an offer to start a Post Office in Western Victoria. So, they loaded their five children (including Ted's future grandmother, Margaret, at age six) on board three bullock drays and set off to find a survey peg 300 miles away on the Wimmera River marked as \"A place to be called Horsham.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert set up a foundry in Flinders Street in 1841, which thrived, and Horsham grew around the Langlands store. The rest, as you will discover in this book, is wonderful history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Stephens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923386051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Edward (Ted) Stephens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750141685941,"sku":"9781923386051","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-langlands-9781923386051","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}