{"product_id":"9780571326037","title":"Winterstoke","description":"\u003cp\u003e'It had always struck me that, despite its overwhelming importance in  the story of mankind, far too little attention had been paid to the  Industrial Revolution in literature and art . . . I conceived the idea  of concentrating a number of actual historical happenings in the English  Midlands upon one imaginary industrial town . . . from the days of the  first monastic mill on the river to the present day when an atomic  research establishment on the outskirts of a huge blackened town struck a  new apocalyptic note . . . I called my imaginary town Winterstoke.' Tom  Rolt, writing in 1972\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eL. T. C. ('Tom') Rolt (1919-74) was a  famed pioneer in the preservation of Britain's canal networks and  railways, a biographer of the great civil engineers, and a forerunner of  our current green movement. \u003ci\u003eWinterstoke\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), arguably his most visionary work, is reissued here with a new introduction featuring his widow Sonia and son Tim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123745374448,"sku":"9780571326037","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571326037_p0.jpg?v=1763719622","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571326037","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}