{"product_id":"on-board-noahs-ark","title":"On Board Noah's Ark","description":"186 pp. \"Bemelmans is always surprising us by appearing in new roles- this time as a yachtsman. To be sure the \"yacht\" was an ancient pilot boat, for which he hired a succession of odd captains, misfits in their roles. One could have been happy always to stay in port; another to take successive bits of machinery apart; others were sea pirates, brigands of sorts; and his final acquisition was a star graduate of the naval academy who had never been to sea. Then there were the people on other boats- particularly the desolate Italian aristocrat hopelessly in love with his recalcitrant and beautiful American wife, who hated boats. There were the people in the harbor towns-helpful and otherwise. There's the irrepressible Bemelmans' type of zany humor, exaggeration and occasionally poignant perception. It is a mad adventure, this Mediterrean wandering, from Antibes, where he acquired the boat, to Portofino, to Naples and Capri and Ischia, and back again, winding up close to disaster with a storm at sea. The drawings throughout are Bemelmans at his most observant, witty and charming...\"","brand":"The Viking Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31428167893062,"sku":"2302623","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2302623.jpg?v=1584473592","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/on-board-noahs-ark","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}