{"product_id":"ghost-town-tales-of-oklahoma-unforgettable-stories-of-nearly-forgotten-places-9780913507742","title":"Ghost-Town Tales of Oklahoma: Unforgettable Stories of Nearly Forgotten Places","description":"A rare collection of accounts of incidents and legends throughout the state - intriguing bits of the past generally not found in conventional works of history. Used in some schools as a teaching aid. Included in the 26 chapters are descriptions of a crucial battle between Indians and Spaniards in 1759; a place where \"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot\" was composed; the wild and woolly past of a town called Navajoe; a whiskey-smuggling scheme that set a train depot on fire; a young man who left the oil fields for Hollywood; a scary light that has haunted a lonely road for years; and where once a strange but lively party took place in a moonlit cemetery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Marion Etter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Forums Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780913507742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Marion Etter is a retired, award-winning reporter for The Daily Oklahoman whose offbeat, folksy writing about his home state has earned him the reputation as \"Oklahoma's master country storyteller.\" A writer of both fiction and nonfiction, he's the author of five books and a contributing author of four others, and has written for numerous magazines including Persimmon Hill and Western Horsemen. A native of the small Muskogee County town of Oktaha, he now lives in Oklahoma City. He's also been a newspaper and television reporter in Laredo, Texas - \"El Charro Flaco\" - and has served as a military journalist and translator in Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Forums Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41015387914355,"sku":"9.78091E+12","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c5a0fac0-8046-41d5-a915-be4415a5848e.jpg?v=1697557290","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ghost-town-tales-of-oklahoma-unforgettable-stories-of-nearly-forgotten-places-9780913507742","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}