{"product_id":"9781935907824","title":"Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard","description":"Joe Strong was a favorite hero and could ride any horse, juggle most anything, and climb buildings, all with a steel reserve. He was the child of unique parents: a mother that rode trick horses and a magician for his father. However, in Horatio Alger fashion, by age five, he was without either parent. So he grew up in a circus and Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard relates a time in his life as he dabbles in magic! This new edition is dedicated to Brent Morris, a real magician as well as real author.\u003cp\u003eVance Barnum was one of the pseudonyms of Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), who created an empire by employing a legion of ghost writers to produce more than 1300 adventure books. Ghost authors sometimes took names that played on the famous, such as \"D.T. Henty\" (George Alfred Henty); \"P.T. Barnum Jr.\", \"Richard Barnum\", \"Vance Barnum\" (P.T. Barnum); and \"Theodore Edison\" (Thomas A. Edison). He helped to develop several popular series, including Rover Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Baseball Joe, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Joe Strong.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westphalia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059882967280,"sku":"9781935907824","price":11.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935907824_p0.jpg?v=1763657199","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935907824","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}