{"product_id":"2940014777971","title":"Cherry Valley Road Ballads","description":"The War Between The States, 1861-65, was notable for the number of boys enlisted in their teen years.  This novel follows the life of Jeremiah James from abused child to cold-blooded killer for a unique Pennsylvania volunteer company of the U.S. Army, serving in a select squad of abandoned youths like himself. At the war's end in 1865, he found his way to a remarkable remote and isolated community at the end of rugged Cherry Valley Road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeremiah James delighted in the joys of establishing a family and a successful farm, only to be crushed by disaster. The reader joins the survivors as they struggle from grief to recovery; and becomes part of this family's event-filled new life and experiences in sometimes brutal, sometimes compassionate nineteenth century mid-America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel is in the form of a two volume  family memoir, written by family members to be passed down to their children, grandchildren and successive generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost chapters incorporate a nineteenth century ballad, a poetic composition created by family members. The majority of the book is prose narrative delivered by Jeremiah James or one of his immediate family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the focuses of the James family memoir is the treatment and mistreatment of children in the nineteenth century. Jeremiah James's sons introduce him to a succession of abused and abandoned youths who are rescued by becoming adopted or fostered by the caring and generous James family.","brand":"Lawrence Cartwright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070750245104,"sku":"2940014777971","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014777971_p0.jpg?v=1763623810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014777971","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}