{"product_id":"swinging-away-victor-pearn-9781735773193","title":"Swinging Away: A Celebration","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwinging Away A Celebration is Victor Pearn's testament to poetry, friendship, and faith. The story of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife from joining the Marines in 1969 to becoming a professional publisher is told with his innate gift for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edescription that captures the personalities and quirks of his colleagues and the literary luminaries that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe happens to meet. For Pearn, becoming a poet was an ongoing series of adventures that took place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom Illinois to Colorado and from Mexico to China, where he taught English. The narrative is peppered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith poetry samples and musings on the natural world, academia, and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSports fans will appreciate Pearn's tales of the 1969 Wyoming Cowboys football team and the 1957\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseason of the high-school basketball team, the Ashland (Illinois) Panthers. Book buffs will enjoy his take\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon reading and the great works of literature. Film buffs will relish his adventure as an extra in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollywood movie. Service members will be entertained by his stories of life in the Marines. Whatever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife offered him, Victor Pearn keeps swinging away to make sure he comes out on top-and manages to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eput it into a poet's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Pearn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1735773190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735773193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pearn and Associates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Victor Pearn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616886747391,"sku":"9781735773193","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_620850be-a315-4320-85a5-021c48d249c9.jpg?v=1703022874","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swinging-away-victor-pearn-9781735773193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}