{"product_id":"sailing-on-the-ice-and-other-stories-from-the-old-squires-farm-9781558534247","title":"Sailing on the Ice: And Other Stories from the Old Squire's Farm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSailing on the Ice: And Other Stories from the Old Squire's Farm\u003c\/strong\u003e by Stephens, C. A.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781558534247.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, before the advent of movies and radio, the most widely read family magazine in America wasThe Youths Companion, 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.\nStephenss 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 asStories from the Old Squires Farm. \"Some of the very best stories of New England life and character that have ever been written,\" said theHartford Daily Courant.\nIn this new collection of 28 stories, a bank gets robbed, someone steals the Old Squires new potato hybrid, wolves trap the children overnight, and the Old Squires mend-all tonic finds a larger, happier audience when a salesman livens up the mixture.\nAlthough The Youths Companion 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 Squires farm and whatever happened to Addison and Theodora. Such is the enduring power these simple tales have for Americas readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rutledge Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44861505208373,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558534245","price":33.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1558534245_23d0f931-2f64-4fb2-adc7-582e23c4b964.jpg?v=1784560338","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sailing-on-the-ice-and-other-stories-from-the-old-squires-farm-9781558534247","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}