{"product_id":"the-mayor-of-shantytown-richard-gazarik-9781476673394","title":"The Mayor of Shantytown: The Life of Father James Renshaw Cox","description":"\u003cp\u003e Father James R. Cox became the voice of Pittsburgh's poor and jobless during the worst years of the Great Depression. Long lines of needy people were showing up daily at St. Patrick's Church in the city's historic Strip District but Cox turned no one away. He served more than two million meals to the hungry and was the \"mayor\" of a shantytown of homeless men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1932, Cox led one of the first mass marches on Washington, D.C., confronting President Herbert Hoover in a face-to-face White House meeting. He later ran for president himself on the Jobless Party ticket--a quixotic campaign that ended in the deserts of New Mexico. Father Cox's reputation as a humanitarian was ruined after he barely escaped a mail fraud conviction for running a rigged fundraising contest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Gazarik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147667339X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476673394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Richard Gazarik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080669982975,"sku":"9781476673394","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63a0f028-4ab1-4ffc-ad10-11adc244af38.jpg?v=1685488132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mayor-of-shantytown-richard-gazarik-9781476673394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}