{"product_id":"tropic-tide","title":"Tropic Tide","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style8\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT\u003c\/strong\u003eropic Tide follows the extraordinary life and interesting times of Bruce \"VB\" Perkins, from the high life of pre-war Singapore to the disastrous battle for the island, from the horrific POW years on the Burma-Siam Railway to the rescue effort at wars end when VB went back into the jungle in search of thousands of Malayan labourers lost and dying in Siam. It is a story of the Communist Emergency in Malaya in the fifties and how the communists were eventually defeated. It is the story of expeditions into remote sakai tribal areas deep in the jungles, of terrorist guerillas, Special Branch plots and of Arnhem Land, of traditional aborigines, bush characters and remote cattle stations in the Northern Territory.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style8\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eIt is the story of losing everything twice and beginning again, of following a vision to establish a shipping company against all odds, and of realising a dream of opening a sea lane between north Australia and Singapore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"style8\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eTropic Tide is the story of a man who was unconventional and lived life to the absolute maximum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\" class=\"style8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir Edward \"Weary\" Dunlop:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eOn the surface he was swashbuckling exuberance, a man with whom one could spend hours in sparkling conversation and drink deep. He emerged as a man of major enterprise and imagination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bantam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45100287819976,"sku":"BKPB20614480","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/2034\/0168\/files\/Tropic_Tide.jpg?v=1780358584","url":"https:\/\/theblossomingbookshop.com\/products\/tropic-tide","provider":"The Blossoming Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}