{"product_id":"my-own-four-walls-9781476675930","title":"My Own Four Walls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Don Rose came to the U.S. from England in 1908, when he was 18, entering through Ellis Island like countless other immigrants. By 1941 he was one of Philadelphia''s best-known newspaper columnists. That year he published his gentle, funny memoir \u003ci\u003eMy Own Four Walls\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of the ramshackle farmhouse he and Marjorie, his wife, bought in 1918 for themselves and their 12 children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   One of his grandsons, Neil Genzlinger, himself a journalist at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, here brings that book back to life, with the original illustrations, a century after his grandfather had signed the deed. Part diary, part DIY manual, Rose''s unsung classic is a tale of smoky fireplaces, leaky ceilings and unruly gardens, at a time when refrigerators were newfangled and suburban homes were furnished at country auctions. Most of all it is a story of how one man, with persistence, slowly put down roots in his adopted country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040450511191,"sku":"9781476675930","price":26.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476675930.jpg?v=1750946790","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-own-four-walls-9781476675930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}