{"product_id":"ramona-paperback-by-helen-hunt-jackson-1","title":"Ramona Paperback by Helen Hunt Jackson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eModern Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2005-04-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780812973518\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e341.25\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.27 x 13.36 x 2.13\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e“If I could write a story that would do for the Indian a thousandth part of what \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom’s Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e did for the Negro,” wrote Helen Hunt Jackson, “I would be thankful the rest of my life.” Jackson surpassed this ambition with the publication of \u003ci\u003eRamona\u003c\/i\u003e, her popular 1884 romantic bestseller. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful half Native American, half-Scottish orphan raised by a harsh Mexican \u003ci\u003eranchera\u003c\/i\u003e, Ramona enters into a forbidden love affair with a heroic Mission Indian named Alessandro. The pair’s adventures after they elope paint a vivid portrait of California history and the woeful fate of Native Americans and Mexicans whose lands and rights were stripped as Anglo-Americans overran southern California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet from the first American edition of 1884, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes José Martí’s 1888 prologue (translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Chávez\u003c\/b\u003e, a prolific playwright, poet, and novelist, is the author of \u003ci\u003eLoving Pedro Infante\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFace of an Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Menu Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555191541921,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780812973518","price":29.44,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780812973518.jpg?v=1781780622","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/ramona-paperback-by-helen-hunt-jackson-1","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}