{"product_id":"kwajalein-an-island-like-no-r-meimei-pan-9781491007587","title":"Kwajalein, An Island Like No Other","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, Kwajalein, a remote 900-acre Pacific island leased from the Republic of the Marshallese for reentry missile tests, was characterized by sharks, water rationing gone wrong, Dear John letters gone even more wrong, incomes on steroids, ship diving, Chinese satellites, gazillion-dollar radars, lovelorn bachelors, Russian multi-radar \"fishing\" trawlers, and local interceptor missile launches. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKwaj was home to an elite core of 2,000 expat scientists and engineers (including families); a small military contingent handling island logistics; 3,000 highly paid, seriously female-deprived, lonely bachelors; and several hundred Marshalleses who commuted each day by ferry from their nearby home island.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese 5,000 inhabitants with too much money, too little opportunity to spend it, too few available women, no cars, no TV, no overseas phone service, and too much isolation proved that they were also far too human.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho better to tell the collective stories of their lives, their quirks, their heartbreaks, and their adventures than author and MIT engineer Lynn A. Jacobson. In his book, \u003ci\u003eKwajalein, an Island Like No Other, \u003c\/i\u003eJacobson details his time on Kwaj, which included two tours with family (including the birth of a daughter) and one as a bachelor, where he was more privy than most to the happenings on the island. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Meimei Pan, Lynn a. Jacobson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491007583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491007587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2015 pg. 195","brand":"R. Meimei Pan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992090247423,"sku":"9781491007587","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bf7cd72-1e48-49da-9269-afb9ccbd39b7.jpg?v=1683313993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kwajalein-an-island-like-no-r-meimei-pan-9781491007587","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}