{"product_id":"2940000879313","title":"When Winter Comes to Main Street","description":"From the PREFACE.\u003cp\u003eI have borrowed my title from two remarkable novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf Winter Comes\u003c\/i\u003e, by A. S. M. Hutchinson, was published in the autumn of 1921 by Messrs. Little, Brown \u0026amp; Company of Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMain Street\u003c\/i\u003e, by Sinclair Lewis, was published in the autumn of 1920 by Messrs. Harcourt, Brace \u0026amp; Company of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have not before me the precise figures of the amazing sales of these two books-each passed 350,000-but I make my bow to their authors and to their publishers and to the American public. I bow to the authors for the quality of their work and to the publishers and the public for their recognition of that quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two substantial successes confirm my belief that the American public in hundreds of thousands relishes good reading. Without that belief, this book would not have been prepared; but I have prepared it with some confidence that those who relish good reading will be interested in the chapters that follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a former book reviewer and literary editor, as an author and, now, as one vitally concerned in book publishing, my interest in books has been fundamentally unchanging-a wish to see more books read and better books to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one standpoint, \u003ci\u003eWhen Winter Comes to Main Street\u003c\/i\u003e is frankly an advertisement; it deals with Doran books and authors. This is a fact of some relevance, however, if, as I believe, the reader shall find well-spent the time given to these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144269611248,"sku":"2940000879313","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000879313_p0.jpg?v=1763546772","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000879313","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}