{"product_id":"ross-and-tom-john-leggett-9780306809927","title":"Ross and Tom: Two American Tragedies","description":"Here, at last back in print, is the classic dual biography of Ross Lockridge and Thomas Heggen, two authors who achieved sudden fame and fortune and then self-destructed. Ross Lockridge, the author of the spectacularly best-selling \u003ci\u003eRaintree County, \u003c\/i\u003e and Thomas Heggen, the creator of \u003ci\u003eMister Roberts, \u003c\/i\u003e both were thrust in the 1940s into unexpected fame and money. Each was young and inexperienced in the ways of the world. John Leggett explores their lives, their loves, their friendships, and their writing and publishing experiences to discover what ultimately and tragically failed them. \u003ci\u003eRoss and Tom\u003c\/i\u003e portrays two gifted writers and their final descent into that Fitzgeraldian crack-up where \"in the real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Leggett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306809923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306809927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.06w x 1.12d","brand":"John Leggett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119546003711,"sku":"9780306809927","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a840c163-6a01-4977-8b66-dcb84807fa99.jpg?v=1687409875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ross-and-tom-john-leggett-9780306809927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}