{"product_id":"i-think-i-grew-up-michael-colyer-9781477246979","title":"I Think I Grew Up Better Than You","description":"\u003cp\u003e Northern Rhodesia just off the Congo border in the nineteen fifties was thick with untamed bush, man height grass, and tall vined trees. The sweltering heat, animal paths, deadly reptiles, stinging insects, and its rivers and streams, was the world of the author and his young friends. The deluging rains, the floods and the forked lightning heralding thunderstorms, were all part and parcel of growing up in the best playground in world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e Author Michael Colyer encapsulates the wonderful enthusiasms of developing young boys. He exalts the driving force behind their escapades and antics in and just outside of a small copper mining town. In his words, \"our games were inadvertently dangerous learning curves, and we literally tried everything young boys dared to imagine\". \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e The dangers shout out to you, the adventures, the boys, the animals, the reptiles and insects are very real, and the happenings are a recitation of true and unforgettable memories. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e The astounding historical, geographical, animal and reptilian facts are seamlessly woven to the tales, but, read it alone, or risk laughing out loud in company at the wicked humour the author has managed to incorporate throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Colyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477246975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477246979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/25\/2013","brand":"Michael Colyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445118742783,"sku":"9781477246979","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3d7326c-69c0-4d49-99a4-b517ee0011d6.jpg?v=1777216668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-think-i-grew-up-michael-colyer-9781477246979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}