{"product_id":"meaningful-connections-in-my-long-journey-between-a-pine-grove-of-songki-ri-and-the-bank-of-the-siuslaw-river-9781666751642","title":"Meaningful Connections in My Long Journey Between a Pine Grove of Songki-Ri and the Bank of the Siuslaw River","description":"This is Song-nai Rhee's personal memoirs of an eighty-seven-year-long life between a pine grove of Songki-riin, Korea and the bank of the Siuslaw River on the West Coast, covering his early life during World War II; his existential crisis during the Korean War; his life transformation from Confucian to Christian; coming to America and Northwest Christian College; his formal education in America (resulting in two bachelors, four masters, and two PhD degrees); thirty-seven years of professional service at NCC (now Bushnell University) as a professor of history, Bible, and archaeology, as well as academic vice president\/dean; and as a father, grandfather, and writer\/publisher, retiring as a farmer\/fisherman on the bank of the Siuslaw River. Most of all, this book is about the people, beginning with Bill Peterson in a war zone, who helped make all this and Rhee's life possible--the meaningful connections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15866260\"\u003eSong-Nai Rhee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pickwick Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666751642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666751642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSong-nai Rhee\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003egrew\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eup in Korea during World War II and served as a translator for the US Army during the Korean War. He came to the US in 1955 for higher education, earning two bachelor's degrees, four master's degrees, and two PhDs. He became a professor, academic vice-president, and academic dean of Northwest Christian College (now Bushnell University) in Eugene, OR. His academic specialties include ancient Israel, the Near East, China, Korea, and Japan. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful as the Rainbow: Nashimoto Masako, a Japanese Princess against All Odds for Love, Life, and Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eArchaeology of Toraijin: Human, Technological, and Cultural Flow from the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago, c. 800 BC--AD 600\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pickwick Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43830796484747,"sku":"9781666751642","price":41.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_c8f25d9c-13f7-4804-ae9b-ec41d61621c2.jpg?v=1755585755","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/meaningful-connections-in-my-long-journey-between-a-pine-grove-of-songki-ri-and-the-bank-of-the-siuslaw-river-9781666751642","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}