{"product_id":"this-salted-soil-jamie-kirkpatrick-9781950444557","title":"This Salted Soil: The Battle for Tunisia, 1942-1943","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Salted Soil, by Jamie Kirkpatrick, tells the story of the North African Campaign in World War II, America's first, but often-overlooked, involvement in the war against Nazi Germany that helped to shape and ultimately secure the Allied victory in that bloody conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing both historical and fictional characters, This Salted Soil is the story of the battle for Tunisia that took place between November, 1942 and May, 1943. The novel also explores two other related themes: Tunisia's struggle for independence from France, and the role of Third World countries in the ideological struggle between East and West in the post-war era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie Kirkpatrick is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Kasserine, Tunisia from 1970 to1972. He was also the Associate Peace Corps Director in that country from 1974 to 1976. Now retired after careers in international service organizations and education, Jamie is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Washington College Alumni Magazine, and American Cowboy Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Kirkpatrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950444554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950444557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peace Corps Writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Jamie Kirkpatrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132608016639,"sku":"9781950444557","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16193178-65df-4b3c-85a7-ba1a7c12d958.jpg?v=1687481216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-salted-soil-jamie-kirkpatrick-9781950444557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}