{"product_id":"a-man-called-shirley-mannix-porterfield-9780595522132","title":"A Man Called Shirley","description":"Shirley Love might have spent his life as an obscure welder, struggling to raise his family in West Virginia, but a performance in church one Sunday changed his life. As Love sang a little-known hymn, a worshipper-a radio station owner-was impressed with the teenager's voice and invited him to audition as an announcer.\u003cp\u003e Although reluctant, Love tried out and landed the position. From there, he moved into fledgling television and began to anchor a raucous local event: Saturday Night Wrestlin'. The show, always completely scripted, triggered passions ignited by the demeaning talk, revealing the worst in human emotions. Through it all, Love kept his demeanor, dodging a hail of soft drinks and rotten vegetables hurled by irate fans at the wrestlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Love's popularity thrust him into West Virginia politics, attending National Democratic Conventions as a delegate and gaining a gubernatorial appointment as a state senator-a post to which he was reelected in every subsequent election cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Author Mannix Porterfield chronicles the engaging details of Shirley Love's life, through the eyes of Love, his family, and his colleagues. Love's life proves that talent, desire, and energy can propel a shy individual with a provocative name from obscurity to success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mannix Porterfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595522130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595522132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mannix Porterfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443577106687,"sku":"9780595522132","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e728d9b-32c7-42db-aeab-6a07a1ac780c.jpg?v=1777206378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-man-called-shirley-mannix-porterfield-9780595522132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}