{"product_id":"wheaton-9780738540351","title":"Wheaton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere will you find C. S. Lewis's wardrobe, J. R. R. Tolkien's desk, Malcolm Muggeridge's typewriter, Madame Blavatsky's tiara, the bones of a hulking mastodon, Billy Graham's traveling pulpit, and Tyndale House, publishers of\u003cbr\u003ethe best-selling Left Behind series?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere will you find students, mystics, theologians, doctors, authors, actors, and musicians living in harmony? In Wheaton. Located 26 miles west of Chicago, the \"All America City\" boasts excellent schools, exquisite old homes, safe streets, and fine museums. Though Horace Greeley is credited with uttering the immortal \"Go west, young man \" the sentiment had been acted upon much earlier by questing pioneers, many of whom halted in the middle plains, sensing terrific potential\u003cbr\u003ein the rich black soil of Illinois. Among these were Warren and Jesse Wheaton and Erastus Gary from Pomfret, Connecticut. Seeking suitable land for farming, they settled and constructed a mill. From there they built cabins and harvested spring crops. Soon there was a village of a few hundred, connected by train to the farthest reaches of the nation. Now there is a city of 55,000 residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738540351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.60w x 0.39d","brand":"Keith Call","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016568098997,"sku":"9780738540351","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_33dcd586-2cd7-4e49-bb76-588aa00364cc.jpg?v=1609159918","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wheaton-9780738540351","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}