{"product_id":"9781641811262","title":"THE TURMOIL","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Turmoil\u003c\/em\u003e is the first novel in the ‘Growth’ trilogy, which also includes \u003cem\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/em\u003e (1918) and \u003cem\u003eThe Midlander\u003c\/em\u003e (1923, retitled \u003cem\u003eNational Avenue\u003c\/em\u003ein 1927). In 1942 Orson Welles directed a film version based on volume 2, also titled “The Magnificent Ambersons.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trilogy traces the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in a fictional Mid-Western town, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America. The decline of the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, which did not derive power from family names but by “doing things”. As George Amberson’s friend says, “don’t you think being things is ‘rahthuh bettuh’ than doing things?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fatih Oncu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049189261552,"sku":"9781641811262","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781641811262_p0.jpg?v=1763686511","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781641811262","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}