{"product_id":"botts-goes-to-war-9781642341065","title":"Botts Goes to War","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Octane Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487839457554,"sku":"9781642341065","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62e29f1a-3bee-4c24-b863-a6d976fae777.jpg?v=1730455998","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/botts-goes-to-war-9781642341065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}