{"product_id":"crossing-over-paperback-1","title":"Crossing Over - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Currey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1980, \u003ci\u003eCrossing Over\u003c\/i\u003e is hybrid prose-poetry and flash fiction about one young man's journey through the Vietnam War. Adapted for the stage and praised by antiwar activist Daniel Berrigan, these vignettes from the war-torn jungles changed the way America saw the Vietnam Era. The material in \u003ci\u003eCrossing Over\u003c\/i\u003e formed the basis of Currey's 1988 novel \u003ci\u003eFatal Light\u003c\/i\u003e, cited by Tim O'Brien as \"one of the very best works of fiction to emerge from the Vietnam War.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Currey\u003c\/b\u003e served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972 in the U.S. Navy. He was trained in jungle warfare and special operations, and was a medical corpsman attached to the Marine Corps's Fleet Marine Force. He has written \u003ci\u003eCrossing Over: A Vietnam Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, which went on to vast acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and \u003ci\u003eLost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755464065312,"sku":"9781939650467","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/174fb6c9858fd3b849679103cfc6b3ab.webp?v=1780059521","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/crossing-over-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}