{"product_id":"9780060931933-1","title":"Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiants in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis Ole Edvart Rølvaag's classic Norweigian-American immigration novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of a trilogy, the novel follows a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on Rølvaag's personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wife’s family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiants in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e was turned into an opera by Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard; it won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042129461488,"sku":"9780060931933","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060931933_p0.jpg?v=1763619725","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060931933-1","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}