{"product_id":"for-love-of-the-game-9780345408921","title":"For Love of the Game","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Shaara\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in \u003ci\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more than seventy short stories in many magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Place\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968. But it was a simple family vacation to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1966 that gave him the inspiration for his greatest achievement, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1974. Michael Shaara went on to write two more novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Noah Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published posthumously after his death in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929218584850,"sku":"9780345408921","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a867d27-b421-48ff-9efc-660dfb8cc393.jpg?v=1739035942","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/for-love-of-the-game-9780345408921","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}