{"product_id":"2940014898621","title":"NOOK EDITION - Erling the Bold (Platinum Classics Series)","description":"R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a\u003cbr\u003eScottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in\u003cbr\u003eEdinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and\u003cbr\u003epublishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in\u003cbr\u003ethe service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in\u003cbr\u003e1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's\u003cbr\u003eBay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was\u003cbr\u003eemployed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave\u003cbr\u003eup business for the profession of literature, and began the series\u003cbr\u003eof adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly\u003cbr\u003eassociated.","brand":"Platinum Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168008552688,"sku":"2940014898621","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014898621_p0.jpg?v=1763625132","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014898621","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}