{"product_id":"neat-9780595370511","title":"Neat","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurvivor  Antoine \"Neat\" Galvez, is born in 1858 at Barataria Bay, Louisiana. He lives 101 years of brutal survival: barely literate, losing his father at age 14, witnessing the ravages of the War Between the States on his bayou home and surroundings and the crushing humiliation of 'reconstruction\" when Louisiana was the only state in the South still occupied by federal troops.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt age 17, he kills a prominent carpetbagger in a gunfight at a Mardi Gras ball, hides out in the swamp for a year before a poisonous snakebite forces him into the hands of the black sheriff. He is tried and acquitted of murder, loses the love of his life in an illegitimate childbirth, travels the Gulf South with a minstrel show, and lives through typhoid and yellow fever epidemics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThroughout his life he is stalked and attacked repeatedly by the son of the man he killed in 1876. Even at his 100th birthday celebration in 1958, his stalker, now 95, confronts him again in an incredible climax.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough fiction, \u003ci\u003eNeat\u003c\/i\u003e is based on a true life story and historical facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Gomez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 5.96w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595370511\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40381095510131,"sku":"9.7806E+12","price":16.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9011219b-0384-4cb3-aaab-7bc50c5d0de7.jpg?v=1661349377","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/neat-9780595370511","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}