{"product_id":"2940013168749","title":"CONISTON","description":"First I am to write a love-story of long ago, of a time some little\u003cbr\u003ewhile after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown\u003cbr\u003ethe world what a real democracy was. The Era of the first six Presidents\u003cbr\u003ehad closed, and a new Era had begun. I am speaking of political Eras.\u003cbr\u003eCertain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer\u003cbr\u003edetermination to get on top, arose,--and got in top. So many of these\u003cbr\u003egentlemen arose in the different states, and they were so clever, and\u003cbr\u003ethey found so many chinks in the Constitution to crawl through and steal\u003cbr\u003ethe people's chestnuts, that the Era may be called the Boss-Era. After\u003cbr\u003ethe Boss came along certain Things without souls, but of many minds,\u003cbr\u003eand found more chinks in the Constitution: bigger chinks, for the Things\u003cbr\u003ewere bigger, and they stole more chestnuts. But I am getting far ahead\u003cbr\u003eof my love-story--and of my book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader is warned that this first love-story will, in a few chapters,\u003cbr\u003ecome to an end: and not to a happy end--otherwise there would be no\u003cbr\u003ebook. Lest he should throw the book away when he arrives at this page,\u003cbr\u003eit is only fair to tell him that there is another and a much longer love\u003cbr\u003estory later on, if he will only continue to read, in which, it is hoped,\u003cbr\u003ehe may not be disappointed.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147505844464,"sku":"2940013168749","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013168749_p0.jpg?v=1763577934","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013168749","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}