{"product_id":"boomtown-joe-pappalardo-9781250287564","title":"Boomtown: The True Story of the Wickedest Town in Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of the corrupt and violent town of Borger, Texas in 1927--and the legendary Texas Ranger tasked with taming it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTexas, 1927. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust a year after the town of Borger, Texas was founded, the press called it \"the wickedest in the state\" for good reason. The town, sprung into existence overnight to support the oilfields, had become a lawless haven for bootleggers, pimps and gamblers, run by a crooked city hall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat environment attracts some of the most unsavory characters in prohibition America, including a gang of murderous bank robbers who head into Borger to spend their money on booze, gambling and prostitutes. In the span of weeks, the gang kills three law enforcement officers, bringing the worst heat imaginable: legendary Texas Ranger Captain Frank Hamer, who led the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. His arrival threatens to break even this hardest boomtown in America--if it doesn't kill him first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is one of the most thrilling and violent untold stories from the era of gangsters, lawmen and vice. Author Joe Pappalardo brings to life a town previously lost in the haze of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Pappalardo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250287561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250287564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Joe Pappalardo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001357385983,"sku":"9781250287564","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd1cf0cb-c3f5-4783-b56d-edd8b4d69a85.jpg?v=1751600832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boomtown-joe-pappalardo-9781250287564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}