{"product_id":"crossing-the-line-alvin-kernan-9780300123159","title":"Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this memoir of life aboard aircraft carriers during World War II, Alvin Kernan combines vivid recollections of his experience as a young enlisted sailor with a rich historical account of the Pacific war. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most arresting naval autobiographies yet published.\"--Sir John Keegan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An honest story of collective courage, evocative, well-written, and fixed before the colors fade.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Kernan] recounts a wonderful and exciting American story about a poor farm boy from Wyoming who enlisted in the Navy. . . .[He] has written eight other books. I will go back and read them all.\"--John Lehman, \u003ci\u003eAir \u0026amp; Space\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Details . . . make the moment vivid; that is what it was like, on the \u003ci\u003eHornet\u003c\/i\u003e in its last hours.\"--Samuel Hynes, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alvin Kernan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300123159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300123159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2007 pg. 112","brand":"Alvin Kernan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946402742527,"sku":"9780300123159","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d6fc1cb1-f715-42d2-8867-eee689a562b6.jpg?v=1681512945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossing-the-line-alvin-kernan-9780300123159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}