{"product_id":"paradise-robert-colby-9781531628468","title":"Paradise","description":"It was more than 150 years ago that Uncle Billy\" Leonard took refuge from the hellish heat in the shade beneath a Ponderosa pine, breathing in relief to his companions: \"Boys, this has got to be Paradise \" Or so the story goes. Yet it is no fiction that the settlement grew to be more than just a stop on the way from Oroville or Chico to the gold country. Although Paradise was surrounded by mines, it had little gold itself. Disappointed miners made a living cutting timber, working at one of the sawmills, or hacking out homesteads in the foothill forests. Diamond Match Company built a railroad to its sawmill, locating the depot a mile west of town in what was sometimes called \"New Paradise.\" For generations before houses began to replace its orchards, Paradise was an apple-growing center, home to harvest festivals that are echoed in today's annual Johnny Appleseed Days.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Colby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 153162846X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531628468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Robert Colby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045744177407,"sku":"9781531628468","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5733163-c86a-4145-a76d-33a90912b51c.jpg?v=1684980497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paradise-robert-colby-9781531628468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}