{"product_id":"9781504360838","title":"A Sea Story","description":"About a year ago, I came to the conclusion that none of my children or grandchildren knew much about my life and what I had done with it, so I decided to write an autobiography of my life from 1938, when I was born, until 1975, when I retired from the navy.   I didn’t know anything about writing a book, and still don’t, but I have always had the knack of making my brain remember things that happened long ago.   I have probably violated every rule of good book writing known to man.  But I will chock it up to inexperience; also I wanted to write it as though I was talking to you, face-to-face. I took the name of my book from the slang words used by sailors to describe the stories told among each other for some two hundred years. I tried very hard to not bring dishonor to the navy, my family, or myself.","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132186673392,"sku":"9781504360838","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504360838_p0.jpg?v=1763713101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504360838","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}