{"product_id":"american-joe","title":"American Joe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1932 Joseph F. Balogh leaves his familiar surroundings in Bridgeport, CT and moves with his parents to a rural north-eastern town in Hungary. It is here that this young boy until adulthood encounters adventures in boarding schools, in the Hungarian army under Nazism, as a prisoner of war, in hiding, and as a journalist. Emotionally and ethically exhausted, Balogh defects from this Communist country and flees illegally to London, England in 1965 with his daughter. Hoping to find asylum as a refugee, he soon learns that because he was born in the West, his status remains tenuous. Nationless for two years, with the fear of deportation back to Hungary, Balogh discovers a solution to his situation. Once again in America, his adventures continue in a new way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph Balogh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44305658970273,"sku":"9781300571964","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/19z6d4v6-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748393373","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/american-joe","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}