{"product_id":"9781937650131","title":"Wishing Stones and Rubber Ice","description":"In this, his second memoir, John B. Minnick recalls the boyhood experiences that prepared him to meet and survive the greatest challenge of his life-the bloody assault on Iwo Jima during World War II, where he lost his left forearm and hand. \u003cbr\u003e Whether competing as a championship runner in college, learning to shoot a rifle and plant an orchard on the family farm in Connecticut, roughing it in backyard tents with his three brothers, or just being a card-carrying member of the \"Daredevil Club\" as a young boy-the sum total of Minnick's life experiences created the tough mindset needed to endure the rigors he would face as a Marine Corps platoon leader of machine gunners on three remote Pacific islands. \u003cbr\u003e Spanning the course of his century-long life, Minnick's Wishing Stones and Rubber Ice offers the reader tales filled with courage, humor, and a rambunctious energy, revealing a man who is both emblematic of his times and yet unique among his peers.\u003cbr\u003e John B. Minnick is also the author of Chain of Thought: The Story of a World War II Marine (PublishAmerica, 2008).","brand":"Small Batch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063068344560,"sku":"9781937650131","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937650131_p0.jpg?v=1763660909","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937650131","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}