{"product_id":"george-washington-arrington-civil-war-spy-texas-ranger-sheriff-and-rancher-a-biography-9781681791364","title":"George Washington Arrington: Civil War Spy, Texas Ranger, Sheriff, and Rancher: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe life and exploits of George Washington Arrington were remarkable. Soldier, spy, Texas Ranger, Texas sheriff, rancher--he was all of these and his life spanned two of the most tempestuous times of this nation's history--the War between the States and the passing of the western frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Jerry Sinise recounts the life of adventure that began when Arrington joined the Confederate Army at sixteen years of age, through the dangerous Indian and outlaw years of the Texas frontier, into the settlement years of the Texas Panhandle, and into the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century as a Canadian, Texas, rancher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinise spent more than four years tracking down bits and pieces of Arrington's life. Some of his more dramatic adventures have appeared in the popular Western magazines and a book or two, but much of what he has included in this book is original material, never before published. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinise, Jerry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A Texan by adoption, author Jerry Sinise was reared in Blue Island, Illinois. He was in the Navy during World War II and the Korean conflict. In 1950, he graduated from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma with a degree in journalism and psychology and served as the University's press relations director. For a year he was associate editor of teenage religious publications for Standard Publishing Co. in Cincinnati and for six years, feature writer and farm editor for the Amarillo Globe-News. Jerry Sinise is the author of Pink Higgins, the Reluctant Gunfighter and Other Tales of the Panhandle and Black Gold and Red Lights.","brand":"Eakin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50428699640082,"sku":"9781681791364","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f0379a9-cf78-464e-8fa6-72ea4b3c9659.jpg?v=1729527357","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/george-washington-arrington-civil-war-spy-texas-ranger-sheriff-and-rancher-a-biography-9781681791364","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}