{"product_id":"9781489701343","title":"A Century of Progress","description":"As a century of progress unfolded, this ninety-five-year-old author witnessed everything from mud roads to a Mars landing. His memoirs recount the amusing, frightening, and fascinating moments of a distinctive life. He remembers the time he and a young friend \"relieved a truck of two melons,\" only to drop one while the owner looked on. Later, he recalls World War II as a merchant marine, during which he \"watched the torpedoes come right at us and waited for the explosion.\" After the war, he revisits life as a newly hired engineer for a government organization. The management personnel asked what he would need to fire up a locomotive after three months of failed attempts. Is he now a registered melon thief? What about those torpedoes? And how did he succeed where many others had failed? Come hear the rest of these delightful stories.","brand":"LifeRich Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49836827869424,"sku":"9781489701343","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781489701343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}