{"product_id":"beyond-the-trees-paperback","title":"Beyond The Trees - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDj Blues Moody\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey say you don't just grow up in a small town; you ripen until you either fall into the soil that birthed you or you find the strength to drop away into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a town of six hundred and twenty-five souls, the rhythmic chime of the general store's bell was the heartbeat of a civilization built on sawdust, stoicism, and the quiet struggle of rubbing two pennies together until they produced a callus. To the world, we were a drop in a bucket and for most, that bucket poured straight back into the woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut inside me, there was a restlessness that the mountains couldn't smother. It was an Irish-American hum in my bones, fueled by the memory of a wind-whipped ride in my father's Buick Wildcat and blueprints of twin-turbo engines drawn on scraps of paper. While my peers prepared for a life of chainsaws and logging contracts, I was looking at the horizon, wondering if the pines were protecting me or keeping me from the man I was meant to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the story of what happened when I finally stepped through the door and let that bell toll a soft goodbye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a journey from the deep, sap-scented ridges of my youth to the salt-sprayed decks of the North Atlantic and the pressurized heat of the Persian Gulf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of all, it is a testament to the \"Gator Navy\", a world where sailors and Chiefs transform a gray hull into a home and a mission into a family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI once sat on a boulder I called the \"knuckle of a giant,\" looking at fading blue ranges and dreaming of a version of me I had not yet met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pages are the story of meeting that man, the sailor, the leader, and the father and the long, salt-stained road it took to find him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44710840565895,"sku":"9798234075482","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/vpPopfZbL29798234075482.webp?v=1779490217","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beyond-the-trees-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}