{"product_id":"the-mysterious-death-of-ashley-wilkes","title":"The mysterious death of Ashley Wilkes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of posts from the \"Georgia Wasp\" web log starts with \"the mysterious death of Ashley Wilkes.\"  (His airplane was shot down by eight German fighters a mere three years after he starred in \"Gone with the Wind.\")  It ends by asking the musical question: \"Whether Moses - some 3,300 years ago - was the first guy to say, 'It's only weird if it doesn't work!'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(At the Battle of Rephidim.  \"Hey, you could look it up!\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn between are posts including one on \"Johnny Yuma.\"  (Starring Nick Adams, who also died under mysterious circumstances a few years after his series ended.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there's one on \"When adultery was proof of loyalty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther posts include travelogs, and a view of American History, Òpatched and piebald.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003e(Like John Adams:  \"IÕll not be in the history books.  Only Franklin.  Franklin did this, and Franklin did that, and Franklin did some other damn thing.  Franklin smote the ground, and out sprang General Washington, fully grown and on his horse.\")\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44379480457377,"sku":"9781329634732","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1ng7wgq5-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1716871381","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mysterious-death-of-ashley-wilkes","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}