{"product_id":"charlie-two-shoes-and-the-marines-of-love-company-9781557506726","title":"Charlie Two Shoes And The Marines Of Love Company","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the tale of an eleven-year-old Chinese boy  Tsui Chi Hsii - better known by his American name Charlie Tsui  or Charlie Two Shoes - who was befriended by a company of U.S. Marines sent to China in 1945 shortly after the end of World War II.  Malnourished and often cold  Charlie lived in a mud hut just beyond the barbed wire protecting the men of Love Company  4th Marines  1st Marine Division. The Marines gave him food and clothing  taught him English  sent him to church  and paid for his schooling. But when the communists took over China in 1949  Love Company was forced out of the country  and Charlie was left behind.  Back home the Marines moved on with their lives  yet they could not forget their young friend. Charlie  refusing to denounce his connection with the Americans  suffered immensely at the hands of the Maoist government.  After thirty-five years  seventeen as a political prisoner  he finally managed to contact some of his old Marine Corps friends. They  in turn  joined together again to help bring Charlie to America. Numerous obstacles had to be overcome  but eventually  with irrepressible pluck  Charlie made his way to the United States in 1983  and two years later he was able to bring his family to this country as well - a true realization of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280041238581,"sku":"ByrdShop_1557506728","price":27.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781557506726.jpg?v=1780617977","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/charlie-two-shoes-and-the-marines-of-love-company-9781557506726","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}