{"product_id":"summer-of-pearls-9780765322579","title":"Summer of Pearls","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen Crowell remembers the Great Caddo Lake Pearl Rush of 1874 well. Ben would fall in love for the first time that summer during one of the last great rushes of the nineteenth century, a rush that could not have come at a better time for the riverboat community of Port Caddo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust a few months earlier the town had been dying. The railroads that were cutting across the country made the riverboat meaningless, and those same railroads didn't stop anywhere near Port Caddo. By the end of the summer, the pearl rush was over, and the mystery about who killed Judd Kelso, a local riverboat owner, had begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt took Ben forty years to solve the mystery, and when he did, the proof came for him alone to witness. He is the only living soul who knows what happened that September night in 1874.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Blakely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765322579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIKE BLAKELY is the author of several novels of the American West, including \u003ci\u003eToo Long at the Dance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComanche Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e. His newspaper column, Lone Star Legacy, has appeared in more than thirty newspapers. He lives in Marble Falls, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40540869230707,"sku":"9.78077E+12","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_19c18bff-bd0b-4940-b936-160bc3e515c7.jpg?v=1666791420","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/summer-of-pearls-9780765322579","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}