{"product_id":"good-rebel-soil-the-champ-ferguson-story-9780692365830","title":"Good Rebel Soil: The Champ Ferguson Story","description":"\"To some he was a brutal thug, a heartless murderer - a monster. To others he was a protector, a beloved martyr to the Confederate cause - a hero. To a few he was a family man, a good old boy caught up in passions beyond his control - a man.He was all these things, and more. He was an American tragedy. He was Champ Ferguson.\" Troy \"Troy Smith is a superb writer. The life of Champ Ferguson is a powerful story. Put the two together and you have a wonderful read. I highly recommend Good Rebel Soil.\" Frank Roderus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTroy D. Smith was born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee in 1968. He has waxed floors, moved furniture, been a lay preacher, and taught high school and college. He writes in a variety of genres, achieving his earliest successes with westerns -his first published short story appeared in 1995 in Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he won the Spur Award in 2001 for the novel Bound for the Promise-Land (being a finalist on two other occasions.) He is currently teaching American history at Tennessee Tech, and serving as president of Western Fictioneers -the first national writing organization devoted exclusively to fiction about the Old West.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Western Trail Blazer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327355982098,"sku":"9780692365830","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_faa29b5e-48b1-4c99-8920-4773d8affbc7.jpg?v=1727713541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/good-rebel-soil-the-champ-ferguson-story-9780692365830","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}