{"product_id":"sailing-on-the-ice","title":"Sailing on the Ice","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ctitle\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/title\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\n\t\t\t.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}\n\t\t\t.csE547E71D{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}\n\t\t\t.cs5B08B4DD{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri;font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;}\n\t\t\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_dx_frag_StartFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003eAt the turn of the century, before the advent of movies and radio, the most widely read family magazine in America was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs5B08B4DD\"\u003eThe Youth's Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e, and C. A. Stephens was indisputably its most popular writer. Over a period of 55 years, he contributed more than 1,500 stories, but the stories that gained the most fervent readership were fictionalized versions of his recollections of growing up on a small farm in New England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003eStephens's stories about six orphans who found a home after the Civil War with their grandparents in rural Maine won critical acclaim both when they were first published one hundred years ago and later when a collection was published as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs5B08B4DD\"\u003eStories from the Old Squire's Farm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e. \"Some of the very best stories of New England life and character that have ever been written,\" said the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs5B08B4DD\"\u003eHartford Daily Courant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003eIn this new collection of 28 stories, a bank gets robbed, someone steals the Old Squire's new potato hybrid, wolves trap the children overnight, and the Old Squire's mend-all tonic finds a larger, happier audience when a salesman livens up the mixture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cs95E872D0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003eAlthough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs5B08B4DD\"\u003eThe Youth's Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csE547E71D\"\u003e ceased publication in 1929, people still write to the librarian in Norway, Maine, or stop by on their summer trips to inquire of the whereabouts of the Old Squire's farm and whatever happened to Addison and Theodora. Such is the enduring power these simple tales have for America's readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca name=\"_dx_frag_EndFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"unimportant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52685467353384,"sku":"9781558538627","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/7112\/0168\/files\/Sailing_on_the_Ice_by_C_A_Stephens.jpg?v=1790041959","url":"https:\/\/goldenapplesbookstore.com\/products\/sailing-on-the-ice","provider":"Golden Apples Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}