{"product_id":"man-alone-george-agnew-chamberlain-9781947889309","title":"Man Alone","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn George Agnew Chamberlain's novel Man Alone, Thomas Strayton walks from northern New Jersey to South Jersey with his young son Torquay on his shoulders. They arrive to start a new life in the glass industry of Hopetown, a fictionalized version of Bridgeton, New Jersey. The embittered Thomas has turned against women-his wife left him for another man-and the father's rage manifests itself when he smashes an apple to show Torquay the \"black core\" to which he adds, \"these be women.\" The lesson that women are \"rotten at the core\" would take long years-the length of the novel-for Torquay to reject. This plot line is woven into a story of glass making for which South Jersey was famous in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a South Jersey Culture \u0026amp; History Center republication of Chamberlain's third novel set in southern New Jersey with a new foreword by Jim Bergmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Agnew Chamberlain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947889303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947889309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e South Jersey Culture \u0026amp; History Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"George Agnew Chamberlain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487476986111,"sku":"9781947889309","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57d7ae84-2518-4de0-9e72-4b3b980f4c3d.jpg?v=1778060670","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/man-alone-george-agnew-chamberlain-9781947889309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}