{"product_id":"shanghai-pierce-chris-emmett-9780806111513","title":"Shanghai Pierce: A Fair Likeness","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \"I am Shanghai Pierce, Webster in Cattle, by God, Sir.\" And, in truth, he was. Part rascal, part gentleman, part poseur, part just himself--of all the colorful Texas figures following the Civil War none was as loud, garish, and funny as Shanghai Pierce, who left Rhode Island penniless and became one of the Big Pasture Men of southern Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At six foot, four, Shanghai Pierce was big, rich, and selfish, but he could also be kind. His cunning was seldom matched, and business, whether it involved a quarter-million-dollar loan or a twenty-five cent pair of socks, was his lifeblood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In re-creating the life of Abel Head (\"Shanghai\") Pierce, Chris Emmett unfolds the entire dramatic spectacle of the time and place in which Pierce lived. An arresting figure, Pierce was a symbol of his era. His statue, which he himself erected in Hawley, Texas, is still a perfect memorial to, and a reminder of, westward-moving America. Shanghai Pierce was a man who pulled up his roots and fled to the West, where he found there was ample room and opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Emmett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806111518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806111513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Chris Emmett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992458559743,"sku":"9780806111513","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea8be6dc-f134-4fea-b1d7-114057097f0f.jpg?v=1683319061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shanghai-pierce-chris-emmett-9780806111513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}