{"product_id":"jackies-back-richard-w-hendrix-9798251047851","title":"Jackie's Back: An American Tank Crew in World War II Italy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome things are worth dying for.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the summer of 1943, Lieutenant Bill Hendrix - aspiring history teacher, reluctant soldier - climbs into a fifteen ton\u003cbr\u003eM5 Stuart light tank with three men he barely knows and begins the longest journey of his life. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the beaches of Sicily to the mud of Volturno, from the frozen foxholes of Anzio to the rubble of Bologna, \u003cbr\u003eBill and his crew - Sal the Brooklyn mechanic, Tex the Texas gunner, and Gene the quiet kid from Ohio - fight their way\u003cbr\u003eup the spine of Italy in a war the world is already forgetting.\u003cbr\u003eThe tank is named Jackies Back, after the woman Bill is fighting to return to. She is fifteen tons of thin steel, twin Cadillac\u003cbr\u003eengines, and borrowed time. So are the men inside her.\u003cbr\u003eJackies Back is a novel about what it costs to keep moving forward - through fire, through mud, through the slow erosion of everything a man thought he knew about himself - and what waits for him if he makes it home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard W. Hendrix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251047851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Richard W. Hendrix","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443211186431,"sku":"9798251047851","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d84914f-ac5e-4413-a938-feabb4980ce5.jpg?v=1777202599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jackies-back-richard-w-hendrix-9798251047851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}