{"product_id":"the-sea-2","title":"The Sea The Distant Shore","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Jan de Hartog\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pocket 953\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1953 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.25\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\" title=\"Book Grades\"\u003eBook Grades. \u003c\/a\u003e Very Good. Light wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre:  Fiction\/War\/Historical\/Coming of Age\u003cbr\u003ePages: 200\u003cbr\u003e80126029E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WaaZC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rPeykc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in parts as \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eStella\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eThalassa\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, this section focuses on the grim realities of World War II\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e. It follows a Dutch captain of an unarmed rescue tugboat tasked with towing damaged Allied merchant ships through the highly dangerous, U-boat-infested waters off the English coast\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e. It shifts between high-stakes maritime action, the psychological trauma of war, and poignant shore-leave romances\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e. \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e(This story was adapted into the 1958 film \"The Key\" starring William Holden and Sophia Loren)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHdQH2O0e_0\/opG4zf|QH2O0e_a\/JnZUmf;QH2O0e_a\/BIayDf;QH2O0e_a\/EzCsIe|[{\u0026quot;s\u0026quot;:false,\u0026quot;i\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;QH2O0e_0\/opG4zf\u0026quot;}]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/WyzG9e--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/lC1IR--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/Y6wv1e--\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/EZFthd--\u003e\u003c!--qkimaf QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c!--cqw1tb QH2O0e_0\/nkGDxf--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52461370147047,"sku":"80126029E","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img841_48d94205-c924-4fc2-ba1b-ce5e226dfa3a.jpg?v=1786289711","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sea-2","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}