{"product_id":"train-crash-at-crush-texas-mike-cox-9781467139342","title":"Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt","description":"On September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza quickly unraveled into one of the Lone Star State's most confounding tragedies. The soon-to-be famous Scott Joplin commemorated the debacle in The Great Crush Collision March, and entrepreneurs like Head-On Joe Connolly of Iowa continued the tradition of the staged locomotive duel for decades. But the stupefying incident still slipped into the back pages of Texas lore. In the first-ever book on the subject, writer-historian Mike Cox finally tells the full story of the Crash at Crush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467139343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467139342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Mike Cox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994994147583,"sku":"9781467139342","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef033987-55e9-40c5-971c-69498f0d362c.jpg?v=1683333405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/train-crash-at-crush-texas-mike-cox-9781467139342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}