{"product_id":"american-zeus-taso-g-lagos-9781476668383","title":"American Zeus: The Life of Alexander Pantages, Theater Mogul","description":"\u003cp\u003e Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, after contracting malaria in Panama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters' reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer--a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taso G. Lagos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476668388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476668383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Taso G. Lagos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052472332543,"sku":"9781476668383","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d67f750-dbab-4256-90cd-2991246f7837.jpg?v=1685018991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-zeus-taso-g-lagos-9781476668383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}