{"product_id":"i-stagolee-cecil-brown-9781556435744","title":"I, Stagolee","description":"It's the birth year of Ragtime music, 1895, and Lee \"Stagolee\" Shelton, a St. Louis pimp, murders Billy Lyons, a political gang member. Afterwards, Stagolee makes a deal with Judge Murphy to bring order to the underworld. As a member of a group of pimps called the \"Stags,\" Stagolee makes alliances with the Democratic Party and votes for a Democratic Mayor. Later, the Stag Party, along with the Democratic Party, elects St. Louis's first black policeman. It is this policeman who is sent to arrest Stagolee for the murder of Billy Lyons. Now, nearly 50 years after singer Lloyd Price introduced mainstream audiences to the \"Stagger Lee\" story, Cecil Brown portrays the events that gave rise to this mainstay of African-American popular culture. This follows the successful \u003ci\u003eStagolee Shot Billy\u003c\/i\u003e, Brown's nonfiction account of the same story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecil Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556435746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556435744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 48","brand":"Cecil Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199119511807,"sku":"9781556435744","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ec79259-ffd4-49c3-9759-85c25044e88b.jpg?v=1727925097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-stagolee-cecil-brown-9781556435744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}