{"product_id":"botts-goes-to-war-paperback","title":"Botts Goes to War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Hazlett Upson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world's favorite tractor salesman calls it quits and joins the army in the fifth installment of the Alexander Botts series, \u003cem\u003eBotts Goes to War\u003c\/em\u003e. In this volume of short stories written in the 1940s and set during WWII, farm machines have proven themselves indispensable to the war effort, and who better to equip war-torn Europe than Alexander Botts? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, Botts encounters shortages of necessary materials, including rubber tires, cable, structural steel, and even civilian housing. Botts responds to each situation with characteristically unique and ill-advised approaches, such as sinking a tractor not once but twice to hide it from competitors or using priceless one-hundred-year old apple liqueur as fuel. Whether he finds success or failure so devastating that he is shipped off to another command, he survived to take on another assignment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Botts was created in 1927 by author William Hazlett Upson. The stories are based on Upson's work as a service mechanic and troubleshooter for the Caterpillar Tractor Company. For almost half a century, Botts was beloved by \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post \u003c\/em\u003ereaders in more than 100 short stories. This book features two stories that did not originally appear in \u003cem\u003eThe Post. \u003c\/em\u003eThe series will be the first to present the collection in its entirety along with the original illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47295117983993,"sku":"9781642341065","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SEtFKzU4ajJxdUxaSnA2Wmp2MWY4QT09.webp?v=1769198816","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/botts-goes-to-war-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}