{"product_id":"whispering-wires-philip-metcalfe-9780578980225","title":"Whispering Wires: The Tragic Tale of an American Bootlegger","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilip Metcalfe has described his role as an author as that of a \"painter who endows a lost world with the personality and the dailiness it once possessed.\" In \u003cem\u003eWhispering Wires, \u003c\/em\u003eMetcalfe tells the story of Roy Olmstead, one of the principal bootleggers in Prohibition-era Seattle, and the first major federal court case concerning the use of wiretaps. He writes, \"Set into motion then was a constellation of conditions that no one could have foretold. Prohibition had produced a shadow universe governed by an aberrant moral algebra.\" This historical narrative follows the city officials, Prohibition agents, and rumrunners who chased, evaded, and double-crossed each other during one of Seattle's most thrilling eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Metcalfe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578980223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578980225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Philip Metcalfe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996604432639,"sku":"9780578980225","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48b37463-b476-41a0-b0ba-49c4837e5d20.jpg?v=1683342645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whispering-wires-philip-metcalfe-9780578980225","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}