{"product_id":"the-war-in-the-air-9781680570892","title":"The War in the Air","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong out of print  A visionary novel by the author of \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic full-length novel from H. G. Wells imagines a world of Progress stricken by brutal conflict in the sky--written before the actual invention of airplanes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBert Smallways is a small man in a small town with big dreams. His most fantastic dream--flying--seems improbable. Prototype airplane after airplane crashes and burns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil one doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBert's desire to fly beckons him and combines with implacable fate to sweep him up in a fantastic\/dramatic adventure in which he, a pawn of fortune at the center of it all, travels to far lands and distant battles envisioned in \u003cem\u003eThe War in the Air.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis adventures will have great consequence for the entire world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut will this star-crossed young man find what he really desires? Come fly with Bert Smallways, a commoner with a comic, tragic, star-crossed, and high-flying fate, into a future that never was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordfire Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680570892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.88d","brand":"H. G. Wells","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38024175059125,"sku":"9781680570892","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a4b3b167-5903-4dc9-b3d1-87bc155cc520.jpg?v=1609186660","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-war-in-the-air-9781680570892","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}