{"product_id":"singin-a-lonesome-song-texas-prison-tales-paperback","title":"Singin' a Lonesome Song: Texas Prison Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTexas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years. T\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTexas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years. There was a famous gunslinger in the 1800s and a burlesque stripper in the 1950s. There were notorious gang members in the thirties, a Kiowa Indian chief, a blues musician, an escape artist, and a Mexican vaquero.These prison tales include chain-bus drivers, wild bull riders, and a prison baseball team that took on the Texas semi-pro champions in Houston's old Buff Stadium. They include inmates and prisoners of war supplying materials to the Confederate army and convict laborers building a state railroad and quarrying granite for the beautiful state capitol in Austin.You can read the history of [Old Sparky] and the final moments leading up to the electrocution of two of Texas's most infamous criminals.Author Gary Brown spent twenty-three years working as counselor and teacher in the Texas prison system. He is also the author of Volunteers in the Texas Revolution: The New Orleans Greys and Hesitant Martyr in the Texas Revolution: James Walker Fannin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 275\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.52 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47652052173053,"sku":"9781556228452","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/c2F3U0Z5YWI3Y3pKRXBRLzVqZjYxQT09.webp?v=1780823417","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/singin-a-lonesome-song-texas-prison-tales-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}