{"product_id":"dearest-minnie-a-sailors-story-leslie-compton-9781937333393","title":"Dearest Minnie, a sailor's story: Travel with Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet 1907-1909","description":"\u003cp\u003eDearest Minnie is a strong narrative-driven creative history which brings to light a typical sailor's life on the \"USS Virginia\" during Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet cruise of sixteen battleships around the world in 1907-1909. \u003cbr\u003e This story chronicles not only the cruise itself, but the social and political climate of that time in each port where the ships re-coaled. The story is told through picture postcards vividly portraying this world event sent from a sailor to his sweetheart that lead to a proposal of marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensive research, the colored postcards and the actual words written by the sailor creates a fresh approach to history. This book is a book that will appeal to those who have an interest in American history, military history, postcard collecting, geopolitical interest, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir journey is over, but now, a more important one begins. I hope you will join me in launching their story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Compton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937333396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937333393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e First Steps Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Leslie Compton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937625178367,"sku":"9781937333393","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3c6bb8c1-93e3-4341-9d79-91b5e4beec47.jpg?v=1681431135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dearest-minnie-a-sailors-story-leslie-compton-9781937333393","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}