{"product_id":"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.\"","brand":"Arcadia Publishing Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46367791481073,"sku":"9781531628468","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781531628468_p0.jpg?v=1765262566","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781531628468","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}