{"product_id":"how-green-was-my-valley-paperback","title":"How Green Was My Valley - 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\u003eRichard Llewellyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international-bestselling winner of the National Book Award and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by John Ford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Huw Morgan remembers the days when his home valley was prosperous, verdant, and beautiful--before the mines came to town. The youngest son of a respectable mining family in South Wales, he is now the only one left in the valley, and his reminiscences tell the story of a family and a town both defined and ruined by the mines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Huw's story is both joyful and heartrending--a portrait of a place and a people existing now only in memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Full of memorable characters, richly crafted language, and surprising humor, \u003ci\u003eHow Green Was My Valley \u003c\/i\u003eis the first of four books chronicling Huw's life, including the sequels \u003ci\u003eUp into the Singing Mountain, Down Where the Moon is Small\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGreen, Green My Valley Now\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The reader emerges from these tense pages strangely aglow with sharing the happiness of the characters . . . The simplicity of the language and its delicately strange flavor give the book added charm.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Llewellyn (1906-1983) was an award-winning British novelist and the child of Welsh parents. He worked as a coal miner, a journalist, and a screenwriter for MGM studios. He served as a captain in the Welsh Guards during World War II, and after the war covered the Nuremberg Trials as a reporter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He is best known, however, for his novels--particularly those that celebrated coal mining communities in rural Wales. The best known of these, \u003ci\u003eHow Green Was My Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1939 to international renown, and was later memorably adapted for film by director John Ford, starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\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 October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e How Green Was My Valley\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755577794893,"sku":"9780795300240","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/dTNFTURGWnRCNGZWOTNFaFZVekk4dz09.webp?v=1776719514","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/how-green-was-my-valley-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}