{"product_id":"steel-valley-jerry-madden-9781088081808","title":"Steel Valley: Coming of Age in the Ohio Valley in the 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of \u003cem\u003eThe World Played Chess\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Dugoni and \u003cem\u003eLast Summer Boys\u003c\/em\u003e by Bill Rivers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove is never easy...even in easier times, like the 1950s and 1960s in the Ohio Valley with the steel industry booming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond-generation immigrant families were reaching for the American middle class. And Catholic schools-made feasible by selfless Catholic nuns-promised bigger lives for everyone, including Jack Clark and Laurie Carmine. As they spent years searching for their separate futures, though, they were also stumbling toward love just as their world came crashing down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteel Valley depicts a story of love longed for, lost, and perhaps still within reach, just as our nation's mythic yesterday became our troubled today, our last summer of innocence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Madden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1088081800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781088081808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Jerry Madden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132908925183,"sku":"9781088081808","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e873e316-40be-4893-83b8-b8e205426f10.jpg?v=1687483016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/steel-valley-jerry-madden-9781088081808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}