{"product_id":"book-11gw","title":"My First Visit To Portland","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the autumn of 1829, a young countryman decides it is time to see what the world is made of-and sets his sights on Portland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a single dollar in his pocket, a wagonload of axe handles, and a head full of curiosity, Major Jack Downing journeys from rural life into a growing New England town rumored to reward enterprise and quick thinking. What follows is a quietly comic account of first impressions: shrewd advice from a newspaper editor, bustling streets and shopfronts, and a memorable test of city \"sharpers\" along Huckler's Row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in plainspoken, confident prose, My First Visit to Portland captures the humor of early American life through observation rather than exaggeration. Downing's narrator is no fool-curious, self-reliant, and amused by human nature, he meets city commerce on his own terms and learns that wit and common sense travel just as well as money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short classic is both a satirical travel sketch and a snapshot of a nation in motion, where ambition, bargaining, and character shape the American experience one encounter at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50569689006384,"sku":"BD11gw","price":2.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/11gw-Square-cover.jpg?v=1770204617","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-11gw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}