{"product_id":"the-singing-line-9780385497534","title":"The Singing Line","description":"Following the tradition of \u003cb\u003eDaisy Bates in the Desert\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/b\u003e, Alice Thomson conjures up a country of unimaginable strangeness and beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1855, Charles Todd and his impetuous young bride Alice--for whom Alice Springs would be named--left the comfort of Victorian England for the wilds of South Australia, a place so isolated that letters from home took five months to arrive. It was Charles's dream to improve this situtaion. In 1870, Todd set out with an army of men, supplies, and Afghan camels to run a telegraph line--\"the singing line\"--from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBraving scorching sun, flies, mosquitoes, drenching rains, and all manner of terrible food, Alice Thomson and her husband retraced that trek more than a century later. The result is a wry and mesmerizing narrative--combining the delights of travel writing, family memoir, and colonial history in a thoroughly enjoyable tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385497534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.58h x 4.96w x 0.80d","brand":"Alice Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636801007772,"sku":"9780385497534","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ab103583-bc8b-4cef-934a-e2bbcd8705ae.jpg?v=1603843009","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-singing-line-9780385497534","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}