{"product_id":"crossing-over-9781939650467","title":"Crossing Over","description":"First published in 1980, \u003ci\u003eCrossing Over\u003c\/i\u003e is hybrid prose-poetry and flash fiction about one young man's journey through the Vietnam War. Adapted for the stage and praised by antiwar activist Daniel Berrigan, these vignettes from the war-torn jungles changed the way America saw the Vietnam Era. The material in \u003ci\u003eCrossing Over\u003c\/i\u003e formed the basis of Currey's 1988 novel \u003ci\u003eFatal Light\u003c\/i\u003e, cited by Tim O'Brien as \"one of the very best works of fiction to emerge from the Vietnam War.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Currey\u003c\/b\u003e served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972 in the U.S. Navy. He was trained in jungle warfare and special operations, and was a medical corpsman attached to the Marine Corps's Fleet Marine Force. He has written \u003ci\u003eCrossing Over: A Vietnam Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, which went on to vast acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and \u003ci\u003eLost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Santa Fe Writer's Project","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874075578642,"sku":"9781939650467","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0863909-0e8e-4771-8a51-ba4a312becb2.jpg?v=1737982277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crossing-over-9781939650467","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}