{"product_id":"dead-reckoning-9781940776064","title":"Dead Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn September 8, 1923, seven ships of the U.S. Navy's Destroyer Squadron 11, led by Commodore Edward H. Watson on board the flagship USS \u003cem\u003eDelphy\u003c\/em\u003e, bore full speed into a treacherous section of California coastline informally known as Honda Point. Traveling south in single file \"follow the leader\" formation, the ships were attempting a turn into the Santa Barbara channel at night in heavy fog. They missed by several miles. One after another, in a span of just minutes, the destroyers jammed themselves to the rugged rocks that would be their fate. It was among the worst peacetime disasters in the Navy's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead Reckoning\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of fiction inspired by these true events. The book follows the lives and passions of a group of enlisted sailors on liberty as their paths cross with an anxious diplomat recently returned from Japan. When that diplomat turns out to be a friend of their own captain, a series of minor conflicts and animosities builds to sudden tragedy and a night on the water that no man will forget-if they can first find a way to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baaa! Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940776064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Michael Corbin Ray, Therese Vannier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671534399644,"sku":"9781940776064","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b7daaec9-fb12-4c73-be1c-f723e484aa4f.jpg?v=1603925634","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dead-reckoning-9781940776064","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}