{"product_id":"along-the-shadow-line-h-v-jr-traywick-9781963506006","title":"Along The Shadow Line: A Road Trip through History and Memory on the Old Confederate Border","description":"H.V. TRAYWICK JR. IS A VIRGINIAN-the real thing. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute with a history degree from the University of Richmond and is now retired from long service as a tugboat captain on Chesapeake Bay.\u003cbr\u003eThis, his most recent book, is a meditation on his frequent long drives along the shadowy line of the Union\/Confederate border from Virginia to Kansas. He has made the journey in fulfilment of kinship responsibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eALONG THE SHADOW LINE\u003c\/i\u003e is an interesting reflection on the American past and present as seen by a Southerner well steeped in our history. The account is spatial, temporal, historical, and spiritual. It is a heritage American's view of our disintegrating and alien society and the price the South has paid for belonging to that society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn earlier memoirs Traywick covered his time as an officer in Vietnam (\u003ci\u003eRoad Gang: A Memoir of Engineering Service in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e) and his period of questing and traveling afterward (\u003ci\u003eStarlight on the Rails: A Vietnam Veteran's Long Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e). Traywick's previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Empire of Owls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Southern Soldier Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monumental Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOf Apostates and Scapegoats\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woke Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. V. Jr. Traywick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1963506006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963506006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shotwell Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"H. V. Jr. Traywick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305450520831,"sku":"9781963506006","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3ae5738-cf91-413f-ad1c-916ed264ac2d.jpg?v=1758830916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/along-the-shadow-line-h-v-jr-traywick-9781963506006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}