{"product_id":"2940013446762","title":"THE RIFLE RANGERS","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LAND OF ANAHUAC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAway over the dark, wild waves of the rolling Atlantic--away beyond the\u003cbr\u003esummer islands of the Western Ind--lies a lovely land.  Its\u003cbr\u003esurface-aspect carries the hue of the emerald; its sky is sapphire; its\u003cbr\u003esun is a globe of gold.  It is the land of Anahuac!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tourist turns his face to the Orient--the poet sings the gone\u003cbr\u003eglories of Greece--the painter elaborates the hackneyed pictures of\u003cbr\u003eApennine and Alp--the novelist turns the skulking thief of Italy into a\u003cbr\u003epicturesque bandit, or, Don Quixote-like, betaking himself into the\u003cbr\u003emisty middle age, entertains the romantic miss and milliner's apprentice\u003cbr\u003ewith stories of raven steeds, of plumed and impossible heroes.  All--\u003cbr\u003epainter, poet, tourist, and novelist--in search of the bright and\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful, the poetic and the picturesque--turn their backs upon this\u003cbr\u003elovely land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShall we?  No!  Westward, like the Genoese, we boldly venture--over the\u003cbr\u003edark wild waves of the rolling Atlantic; through among the sunny islands\u003cbr\u003eof Ind--westward to the land of Anahuac.  Let us debark upon its shores;\u003cbr\u003elet us pierce the secret depths of its forests; let us climb its mighty\u003cbr\u003emountains, and traverse its table-plains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGo with us, tourist!  Fear not.  You shall look upon scenes grand and\u003cbr\u003egloomy, bright and beautiful.  Poet! you shall find themes for poesy\u003cbr\u003eworthy its loftiest strains.  Painter! for you there are pictures fresh\u003cbr\u003efrom the hand of God.  Writer! there are stories still untold by the\u003cbr\u003eauthor-artist--legends of love and hate, of gratitude and revenge, of\u003cbr\u003efalsehood and devotion, of noble virtue and ignoble crime--legends\u003cbr\u003eredolent of romance, rich in reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThither we steer, over the dark wild waves of the rolling Atlantic;\u003cbr\u003ethrough the summer islands of the Western Ind; onward--onward to the\u003cbr\u003eshores of Anahuac!","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079499792624,"sku":"2940013446762","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013446762_p0.jpg?v=1763581014","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013446762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}