{"product_id":"tell-us-marcellus-richard-eller-9781959346265","title":"Tell Us, Marcellus...: The Thorntons of Harper House","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were Hickory's most prominent and interesting couple. Elizabeth Camp Denison Rutherford was twice widowed, the second time by an older man who left her a fortune. Marcellus Thornton was a peacock, who became a brief nationwide sensation for eating a quail a day for 30 straight days. They met, courted and married in Washington, DC and with her inheritance, went on a spree of buying an Atlanta newspaper which failed and a Kentucky coal mine which succeeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the Queen Anne styled Shuler home in Hickory came onto the market, the Thorntons purchased the house and moved in. Elizabeth became a recluse while, with her money, 'Colonel' Thornton (as he dubbed himself) bought the local newspaper, the town's electric company and wrote two novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGossip around town centered on the relationship and when she died folks had plenty to talk about. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Eller, Claudia Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959346261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959346265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Redhawk Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Richard Eller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897946038527,"sku":"9781959346265","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_191929ec-19c2-431d-83c2-9bf460e47850.jpg?v=1721375128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tell-us-marcellus-richard-eller-9781959346265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}