{"product_id":"the-voyage-of-the-rose-city-an-adventure-at-sea","title":"The Voyage of the Rose City: An Adventure at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gripping  beautifully told story of a young mans coming-of-age at sea  When John Moynihan decided to ship out in the Merchant Marine during the summer of his junior year at Wesleyan University  his father  Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan  was not enthusiastic: As a young man  before joining the U.S. Navy  Pat Moynihan had worked the New York City docks and knew what his son would encounter. However  Johns mother  Elizabeth  an avid sailor  found the idea of an adventure at sea exciting and set out to help him get his Seamans Papers. When John was sworn in  he was given one piece of advice: to not tell the crew that his father was a United States senator.  The job ticket read forty-five days from Camden  New Jersey  to the Mediterranean on the Rose City  a supertanker. As the ship sailed the orders changed  and forty-five days became four months across the equator  around Africa  across the Indian Ocean  and up to Japana far more perilous voyage than John or his mother had imagined. The physical labor was grueling  and outdated machinery aboard the ship  including broken radar  jeopardized the lives of the crew. They passed through the Straits of Malacca three times  with hazardous sailing conditions and threats of pirates. But it was also the trip of a lifetime: John reveled in the natural world around him  listened avidly to the tales of the old timers  and even came to value the drunken camaraderie among men whose only real family was one another. A talented artist  John drew what he saw and kept a journal on the ship that he turned into his senior thesis when he returned to Wesleyan the following year.  A few years after John died in his early forties  the result of a reaction to acetaminophen  his mother printed a limited edition of his journal illustrated with drawings from his notebooks. Encouraged by the interest in his account of the voyage  she agreed to publish the book more widely. An honestly written story of a boys coming into manhood at sea  The Voyage of the Rose City is a taut  thrilling tale of the adventure of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965171396661,"sku":"ByrdShop_0812982436","price":28.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780812982435.jpg?v=1770489925","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-voyage-of-the-rose-city-an-adventure-at-sea","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}