{"product_id":"land-of-smiles-a-a-maytree-9780595469925","title":"Land of Smiles","description":"Before Bush and Iraq, there was Nixon and Vietnam. It's 1969. The Vietnam War has turned into a meat grinder, 250,000 protesters are marching on Washington to confront a defiant President Nixon holed up in the White House, and Alden Maytree, fresh out of Catholic seminary, has passed his pre-induction physical. Just before Uncle Sam drafts him, he gets a surprise call. Instead of killing commies in Vietnam, how about spending two years next door in exotic Thailand, the \"Land of Smiles,\" as a Peace Corps Volunteer? But when he arrives in Bangkok, he discovers he can't escape the war and clashes with Peace Corps, the U.S. Embassy and the CIA. \u003ci\u003eLand of Smiles\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of one young man's coming of age during the Boomer generation's war-and the painful lessons he and America both learn as they try to save the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. A. Maytree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595469922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595469925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d","brand":"A. A. Maytree","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44566879994111,"sku":"9780595469925","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_136b0b72-decd-4bbb-b5da-15800c24b49d.jpg?v=1701374878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/land-of-smiles-a-a-maytree-9780595469925","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}