{"product_id":"the-white-mountain","title":"The White Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Informative  funny  and full of fascinating characters . . . Dan Szczesny bushwhacks a fresh  new  wonder-filled trail. From the foreword by Rebecca Rule  Over the course of one calendar year  journalist Dan Szczesny explored the history and mystique of New England s tallest mountain. But Mount Washington is more than just a 6 288-foot rock pile; the mountain is the cultural soul of climbers  hikers  and tourists from around the world. Szczesnys research took him outside of the archives; he was on the team of a ninety-seven-year-old ultra-runner  he dressed as Walt Whitman and read poetry while hiking up the mountain  and he spent a week in winter cooking for the scientists at the observatory. In The White Mountain  Szczesny turns a veteran journalists eye toward exploring Mount Washingtons place in the collective consciousness of the country and how this rugged landscape has reflected back a timeless history of our obsession and passion for exploration and discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986220347445,"sku":"ByrdShop_1939449170","price":49.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781939449177.jpg?v=1770892900","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-white-mountain","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}