{"product_id":"9781101992005","title":"The American Clock","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold, vibrant panorama of the Great Depression by “the moral voice of the American stage” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Capturing a cross-section of American life in the throes of the Great Depression, \u003ci\u003eThe American Clock \u003c\/i\u003epresents what Miller called “a mural for theatre,” based loosely on Stud’s Terkel’s oral history, \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the story of a single family, Moe and Rose Baum and their son Lee, who lost everything in the crash of ’29. When Lee leaves Brooklyn and travels west in search of work, he comes face to face with the true scope of the Depression’s devastation and encounters a tapestry of interlocked stories unfolding across a nation in crisis. In a series of vignettes, a vast ensemble of characters sets the Baums’ struggles in relief: a shoeshine man, a corporate tycoon, a dispossessed farmer, a struggling prostitute, a young songwriter, and a communist comic-strip artist, among many disparate American identities. All the while, the clock ticks towards a new era in history, and time is running out for the Baums and the America they know.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119356494064,"sku":"9781101992005","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101992005_p0.jpg?v=1763690281","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101992005","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}