{"product_id":"along-the-shadow-line-a-road-trip-through-history-and-memory-on-the-old-confederate-border-paperback","title":"Along The Shadow Line: A Road Trip through History and Memory on the Old Confederate Border - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. V. Jr. Traywick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eH.V. TRAYWICK JR. IS A VIRGINIAN-the real thing. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute with a history degree from the University of Richmond and is now retired from long service as a tugboat captain on Chesapeake Bay.\u003cbr\u003eThis, his most recent book, is a meditation on his frequent long drives along the shadowy line of the Union\/Confederate border from Virginia to Kansas. He has made the journey in fulfilment of kinship responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eALONG THE SHADOW LINE\u003c\/i\u003e is an interesting reflection on the American past and present as seen by a Southerner well steeped in our history. The account is spatial, temporal, historical, and spiritual. It is a heritage American's view of our disintegrating and alien society and the price the South has paid for belonging to that society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn earlier memoirs Traywick covered his time as an officer in Vietnam (\u003ci\u003eRoad Gang: A Memoir of Engineering Service in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e) and his period of questing and traveling afterward (\u003ci\u003eStarlight on the Rails: A Vietnam Veteran's Long Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e). Traywick's previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Empire of Owls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Southern Soldier Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monumental Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOf Apostates and Scapegoats\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woke Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521413824733,"sku":"9781963506006","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/rtwIIWrzqS9781963506006.webp?v=1772259700","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/along-the-shadow-line-a-road-trip-through-history-and-memory-on-the-old-confederate-border-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}