{"product_id":"walk-on-thom-gossom-jr-9780989086516","title":"Walk-On: My Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat are the odds of...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...a high school athlete playing his first organized football game in 11th grade and walking-on to a Southeastern conference collegiate program and earning a scholarship in his first year... becoming one of two African Americans on the team... and a three-year starter...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... that same young man enduring the trials of being a racial pioneer and the first black athlete to graduate from Auburn University in the deep south, so that he does not go back for 18 years...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...that little black boy who grew up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama becoming the Chairman of the Auburn University Foundation Board and leading the campaign to raise $1 billion for his alma mater...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThom Gossom Jr. is that man and Walk-On is his story. A journey that began in segregated Birmingham, Alabama in 1952 and is still being written today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thom Jr. Gossom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0989086518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780989086516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Best Gurl, Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Thom Jr. Gossom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051264110847,"sku":"9780989086516","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_788ab5e2-f679-47df-b60a-c591bc208b94.jpg?v=1685012058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walk-on-thom-gossom-jr-9780989086516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}