{"product_id":"2940148202851","title":"The Woods","description":"Blasting railways into the side of mountains, scaling Douglas firs that tower 200 feet. These visions draw 18-year old Albert Weissler to a job with the Skybillings Logging Company in the high mountains of Washington State.  But a train crash on a mountainside that kills a friend, and Albert’s discovery that it was sabotage, quickly dash boyhood dreams and launch a saga of love, grand dreams, and transformation in the turbulent world of big-timber logging and labor unrest in late-1930s America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is The Woods, part coming of age story, part historical novel.  It is the story of Albert learning to survive in a dangerous and unforgiving environment; Albert’s mother, Lydia, struggling to restart her life after Albert’s father is killed in the woods; WWI veteran and Skybillings owner, Bud Cole, trying to rebuild his dream after the market crash destroyed him; and savvy firebrand Clare Ristall campaigning to win a political election, build a new union—and win Lydia's love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Woods is a beautiful panorama of lives and dreams during one of the most defining moments of American history, as have’s and have-not’s, the powerful and the ordinary, struggle to survive in the wake of economic upheaval.  This is a book that paints the inner complexities and nuances of its characters as beautifully as it portrays the raw splendor of the Northwest’s ice-topped peaks and unrelenting, natural power of the woods themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Polidais LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072580993264,"sku":"2940148202851","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148202851_p0.jpg?v=1763705956","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148202851","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}