{"product_id":"sailing-on-the-ice-and-other-stories-from-the-old-squires-farm-9781558538627","title":"Sailing on the Ice: And Other Stories from the Old Squire's Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, before the advent of movies and radio, the most widely read family magazine in America was \u003ci\u003eThe Youth's Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, and C. A. Stephens was indisputably its most popular writer. Over a period of 55 years, he contributed more than 1,500 stories, but the stories that gained the most fervent readership were fictionalized versions of his recollections of growing up on a small farm in New England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephens's stories about six orphans who found a home after the Civil War with their grandparents in rural Maine won critical acclaim both when they were first published one hundred years ago and later when a collection was published as \u003ci\u003eStories from the Old Squire's Farm\u003c\/i\u003e. Some of the very best stories of New England life and character that have ever been written, said the \u003ci\u003eHartford Daily Courant\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new collection of 28 stories, a bank gets robbed, someone steals the Old Squire's new potato hybrid, wolves trap the children overnight, and the Old Squire's mend-all tonic finds a larger, happier audience when a salesman livens up the mixture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003ci\u003eThe Youth's Companion\u003c\/i\u003e ceased publication in 1929, people still write to the librarian in Norway, Maine, or stop by on their summer trips to inquire of the whereabouts of the Old Squire's farm and whatever happened to Addison and Theodora. Such is the enduring power these simple tales have for America's readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3943930\"\u003eC. Stephens\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 6.04w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558538627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558538623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669659980013,"sku":"9781558538627","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8a536e4f-8f1f-4573-b988-94356b80551d.jpg?v=1649480002","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sailing-on-the-ice-and-other-stories-from-the-old-squires-farm-9781558538627","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}