{"product_id":"rum-runner-shirley-f-b-carter-9781597132824","title":"Rum Runner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRum Runner\u003c\/em\u003e is my first book of fiction. I owe a debt of gratitude to my relatives for the summers I spent on Cape Cod. My maternal grandmother's parents, and her brothers and sisters settled there many decades ago. It was my good fortune to know them and spend time in Hyannis and Hyannis Port most of my life. My grandmother's oldest brother lived to 104. We visited him often and he also came to Worcester to visit us while my grandmother was alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile researching and confirming my grandmother's oral history, my daughters encouraged me to write about my own life, which began in 1931. That resulted in my first published work, the memoir, \u003cem\u003eColored of Course.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily oral history inspired my second published book, \u003cem\u003eThe Roan\u003c\/em\u003e, and the third, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eEarl of Lee Heights\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy mother, born in 1903, was a proud bloomer girl, marching for women's right to vote. Her youngest sister, Evelyn drove their father to many state fairs to compete and win ribbons for his exotic Silkie hens and angora rabbits. It was a handsome model T, hand crank machine that I rode in. She was the only licensed driver in the family and drove us all around New England. Evelyn was also a prize-winning dancer, and in my eyes a \"flapper girl\" which brings the 1920's close to my heart. It was a delight to embrace the 1920's in this book I hope you will enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy quest to save oral history resulted in published work in The Journal of The Cape Cod Genealogical Society, Vol 3, No1 Spring 2003 p.70.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley F. B. Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597132829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597132824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Shirley F. B. Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114129830143,"sku":"9781597132824","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55a7cafe-2b64-45c1-bd85-4581c5257842.jpg?v=1769619300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rum-runner-shirley-f-b-carter-9781597132824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}