{"product_id":"a-blazing-gilded-age-9780981762562","title":"A Blazing Gilded Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What a Great Book \"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Jennifer P., HISTORY\/A+E\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- - - - \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Blazing Gilded Age\u003c\/em\u003e\" is the epic story of a volatile nation burning with ambition, yet bleeding with injustice. It was a time of profound change, boldly transforming from an agrarian backwater into an industrial powerhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCenter stage is the Wozniak family; poor coal miners struggling to achieve the elusive American dream. Suffering a string of calamities at the hands of their ruthless and depraved boss, Archibald Desmond Huxley, the Wozniaks are thrust into utter turmoil, thus igniting a blazing journey of revenge, justice, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the Wozniaks' quest they encounter many icons, including Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain, Nikola Tesla, Presidents Grant, Garfield, Arthur and McKinley, Buffalo Bill, and many others, thus painting a broad and vivid canvas of 19th century America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpringing to life is an era boiling with bravado, yet blistering with blunders, as innovation and military might coincide with child labor, class warfare and political corruption. After many unexpected twists of fate--some fortuitous and others heartbreaking--the Wozniaks emerge victorious, thus finally achieving the American dream, yet not without scars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth powerful and poignant, \"\u003cem\u003eA Blazing Gilded Age\u003c\/em\u003e\" serves as an entertaining and enlightening read of how and why America has gone astray, and why it became a world leader. While at its core, it imparts the harrowing, yet triumphant, tale of a family's struggle to survive in an age that, in many ways, was as dark and rough as coal and at times could be as blazing as Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rich Disilvio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DV Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780981762562\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DV Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40445899014259,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_327b97c9-d2b3-48e5-b8ec-8a22cbaacd3b.jpg?v=1663426196","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-blazing-gilded-age-9780981762562","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}