{"product_id":"9781459714670","title":"Running The Rapids: A Writer's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoet, travel writer, teacher, quiz-show presenter, broadcaster, adventurer - Kildare Dobbs has played many parts, met many people, and been many places. His life journey, marked by frequent diversions and detours, reflects the exuberant eclecticism of the man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKildare Dobbs: A Writer’s Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Dobbs takes us from a gas-lit big-house childhood in 1930s Tipperary, to college days at Cambridge, to commando training and naval service in the Second World War. After a stint as a colonial administrator in Tanganyika, he moved to Canada in 1952, where he became variously an editor at Macmillan, managing editor of \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and literary editor of the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a self-portrait of a fascinating man of letters driven by a hunger for adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124457586928,"sku":"9781459714670","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459714670_p0.jpg?v=1763869708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459714670","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}