{"product_id":"9781854187413","title":"Frank Baines: A Life Beyond the Sea","description":"Frank Baines (1915-1987): Able Seaman, Chindit Officer, Hindu monk, businessman, journalist, writer, film extra, prisoner, long-distance cyclist—there were many sides to Frank Baines. Banished from a childhood paradise in Cornwall following the death of his father, the distinguished architect Sir Frank Baines, Frank ran away to sea in a Finnish grain ship and roamed the world before ending up as a Chindit in General Orde Wingate’s guerrilla army.After the war he settled in a Hindu monastery in the Himalayan foothills, but, restless as ever, he moved to steamy Calcutta. Here he became a businessman, repairing tea chests, and embarked on his writing career. Frank returned to England in the mid-1950s and was a successful author.This biography contains new material and previously unpublished work by Baines and it coincides with the posthumous publication of the account of his service with the Chindits, \u003ci\u003eChindit Affair: A Memoir of the War in Burma\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Thorogood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058127716592,"sku":"9781854187413","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781854187413_p0.jpg?v=1763597861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781854187413","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}