{"product_id":"ghost-town-tales-of-oklahoma-unforgettable-stories-of-nearly-forgotten-places-paperback","title":"Ghost-Town Tales of Oklahoma: Unforgettable Stories of Nearly Forgotten Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Marion Etter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129718509703,"sku":"9780913507742","price":24.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6a192380cce1f9a06e69a323d53c8666.webp?v=1732605212","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ghost-town-tales-of-oklahoma-unforgettable-stories-of-nearly-forgotten-places-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}