{"product_id":"trains-and-buttered-toast","title":"Trains and Buttered Toast","description":"\u003cp\u003eEccentric  sentimental and homespun  John Betjemans passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were wordsthe poetry for which he is best known and  even more influential  the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons  Betjemans talks combined wit  nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the soul of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now  collected in book form for the first time  his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of 20th-century broadcasting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964126654517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0719561264","price":90.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780719561269.jpg?v=1770450118","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/trains-and-buttered-toast","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}