{"product_id":"the-state-of-boone-kassie-ritman-9780997929607","title":"The State of Boone: The tales we tell, the ones we've been told \u0026 the stories we should never forget","description":"The State of Boone is full of folklore, true events and many tangled stories made of both. Written as a storybook companion to the image-laden Boone County, Ritman shares famous and nearly forgotten tales of \"things\" that could only happen in Boone County, Indiana.The State of Boone from small press Knocking River is a compilation of stories, info, quips and idiosyncrasies found nowhere else but Boone County Indiana. Here you'll read about Pioneer Doctors, The Near-Lynching on Court House Square, the moral standards wars from the times of brothels and wood alcohol poisonings, the Thorntown Gorilla scare, being cured by a petrified hairball (among other things) and several Who's Who lists of Boone Queens, bygone schools, extinct towns, Extension Homemakers, Copperhead Confederates and Horse Thief Detectives. There's even a little grave robbery and a couple other creepy tales along the way. This is the smorgasbord of Boone lore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kassie Ritman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 099792960X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997929607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knocking River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d","brand":"Kassie Ritman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438106161407,"sku":"9780997929607","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb5486b4-7960-4d33-80be-2ec27a1df41c.jpg?v=1777168854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-state-of-boone-kassie-ritman-9780997929607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}