{"product_id":"battles-forgotten-north-africa-1","title":"Battles Forgotten: North Africa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn Emotional and Witty Historical Novel Layered with Commentary on Poverty, Faith, War, Race, and Survival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo Texas brothers flee their outlandish family, poverty, and abuse and join the military before World War II to maintain U.S. fighter planes. A Swedish chef, singing Haitian pilot and Free French Bedouin are their comrades. While the home front is poignant and humor is at the heart of this book, it is also a commentary on poverty, faith, war, race, and survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattles Forgotten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series is historical fiction based on the author’s three great uncles' experiences in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters during World War II. Book 1 jumps back and forth between the home front in Texas and the battle front in North Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is wartime action: Allied\/Axis Bombings\/strafings of airfields; a bombing in the Kasserine Pass, dogfights, a firefight with a German patrol, and more importantly, the impacts they had on the soldiers involved. Carefully researched, readers will find \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattles Forgotten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e both educational and historically accurate. In many cases the story and characters match the time and places that these events actually happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders who enjoy accurate historical WWII fiction combining action and humor with serious socio-political matters will thoroughly enjoy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattles Forgotten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstance9UO4o93Zs8aGeCD0W_Rqkg\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstanceO_zO50d0xeV6ccQKcUu9aw\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"George Vardaman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58787492135072,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/4287\/4272\/files\/7147EYfSzYL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788156789","url":"https:\/\/blackbookswholesale.com\/products\/battles-forgotten-north-africa-1","provider":"Black Books Wholesale ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}