{"product_id":"9781596297616","title":"Shreveport Chronicles: Profiles from Louisiana's Port City","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and planters…as well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious.\" In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveport's historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and women--both ordinary and extraordinary--who shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana.","brand":"History Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041228701936,"sku":"9781596297616","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596297616_p0.jpg?v=1763814121","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596297616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}