{"product_id":"9781491896006","title":"Out of Arklow: A Life of Change","description":"I\u003cbr\u003edo not remember when I\u003cbr\u003efirst sailed out of Arklow, but\u003cbr\u003eI do remember when I almost drowned in the dock at the age of three.\u003cbr\u003eI was brought up in a fishing community, and in our street of fourteen houses, every one of them had at least one person in the family earning a living from the sea.\u003cbr\u003eI first shipped out of Arklow as a boy aged thirteen on local fishing boats. Later on I joined the Merchant Navy,\u003cbr\u003eand over the years, I worked my way up from ordinary seaman to master.\u003cbr\u003eI served on eighty different boats and ships and was master of thirty-seven of them. These included fi shing vessels, coasters, tramps, cattle boats, passenger ships,\u003cbr\u003eheavy-lift vessels, nuclear fuel carriers, tankers, VLCCs,\u003cbr\u003eOBOs, container ships, dredgers, survey ships, yachts,\u003cbr\u003eand patrol boats.\u003cbr\u003eThis is my story.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182770143472,"sku":"9781491896006","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491896006_p0.jpg?v=1763661184","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491896006","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}