{"product_id":"brodie-duke-cora-darrah-9780998651484","title":"Brodie Duke: The Man, The Myth, The Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrodie Leonadis Duke was born in 1846, the second son of Washington Duke and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrother of James Buchanan Duke, the millionaire tobacco tycoon. At an early age, Brodie is traumatized\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby loss that molds him into the man he will become. In 1861, the Civil War begins and Washington and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrodie are forced to serve. Given Brodie's slim stature, he is assigned to a prison camp in Salisbury, North\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolina. The horror that occurs on his watch brings Brodie to the brink of insanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnable to return home, Brodie spends time farming tobacco while his father and siblings begin a small\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etobacco company. Brodie realizes that Durham has become a hub for tobacco manufacturing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eentrepreneurs and decides to open his own company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral years later, Washington and Brodie's siblings join him in Durham and combine forces. Early on, it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecomes clear that Brodie's past and his brother Buck's determination to run the company causes tension\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween the two brothers that will never be resolved. Pushed out of the way, Brodie resorts to purchasing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eland and developing Durham. But even with a successful business and more money than he could ever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eneed, this young man is unable to overcome the guilt from his past and finds himself drinking excessively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrodie finds love only for it to be taken away. Unstable and rash, Brodie makes decisions that lead him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edown a path of deceit and betrayal. And when it appears that Brodie will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cora Darrah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998651486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998651484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cora H Darrah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Cora Darrah","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47453030416639,"sku":"9780998651484","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57acbdba-809b-4ee1-aa18-7cdccf11b1ca.jpg?v=1761931534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brodie-duke-cora-darrah-9780998651484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}