{"product_id":"what-the-river-kept-michael-d-melillo-9781971303048","title":"What the River Kept: A Story of War, Survival, and the Silence That Followed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAFTER FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE, A SOLDIER FINALLY SPOKE. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat the River Kept: A Story of War, Survival, and the Silence That Followed is a work of narrative nonfiction that traces the wartime experience of Joseph Paul \"Pop\" Janscak, a World War II infantryman whose survival came at a cost he carried quietly for the rest of his life. Through training fields, frozen marches, captivity, and return, his story unfolds as a tale of endurance and what it means to live through war and then learn how to live afterward. Told through scenes shaped by memory, testimony, and carful listening, this book honors the men who did not speak easily about what they saw, what they lost, and what stayed with them long after the guns went quiet. This is not a story about winning a war. It is a story about what survival asks of a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael D. Melillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1971303046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781971303048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernling Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Michael D. Melillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743192035583,"sku":"9781971303048","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-the-river-kept-michael-d-melillo-9781971303048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}