{"product_id":"let-them-eat-gold-curtis-harnack-9781491709924","title":"Let Them Eat Gold: A Violent Uprising in the Great Depression","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is July of 1932, and farmers throughout the United States are desperate. Prices are plummeting and a drought is wreaking havoc, causing the Midwest to tumble into a dark hole of misery with seemingly no way out. In the midst of this disaster, Des Moines organizer Al Rieman arrives in Port City, Iowa, to initiate a radical organization of farmers. He decides to go undercover to search for thrashing work in hopes of convincing farmers to join together, unionize, and strike. With help from Lyle, a local teen, Al eventually secures work with farmer John Overholtz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Al gathers farmers on his side and pulls together his master plan for a \"holiday\" that will block roads, shrink food supplies, and hopefully raise prices, he and Lyle must deal with a rigid judge and his housekeeper; a hard-nosed landlord and her alcoholic husband; an ineffective sheriff and his bitter wife; and a colorful newspaper editor who plays all sides. As if that is not enough, Al has an encounter with a beautiful young woman Helen, who may change his plans for good.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this novel based on true events of the Great Depression, an uprising comes to fruition that shocks America and changes history forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Curtis Harnack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491709928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491709924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d","brand":"Curtis Harnack","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458805969151,"sku":"9781491709924","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4d3562f-efc6-473e-89e1-3d22bb6f56f4.jpg?v=1777406738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/let-them-eat-gold-curtis-harnack-9781491709924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}