{"product_id":"the-texas-miracle-the-tale-of-the-river-card-round-ii-9781491792605","title":"The Texas Miracle: The Tale of the River Card, Round II","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Texas Miracle, author John Marshall offers a detailed examination of the largest political fraud in Texas since the Sharpstown scandal in the early 1970s. An extension of his earlier book, Playing Possum, he expands on the information surrounding a massive land deal. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarshall offers a political look at what took place in Texas. In 2006, the Staubach Company advised the Brazos River Authority to begin charging a fair market rate at Possum Kingdom Lake to the people who had built their weekend homes around the shoreline. At that time, the average lake lot was three-quarters of an acre and the average rental rate was $76 per month. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2007, Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, and a handful of Texas legislators attempted to force the Brazos River Authority to sell the shoreline of Possum Kingdom Lake to the wealthy weekenders at a discount. This effort was opposed by Republicans, Democrats, and bureaucrats alike, and it met a humiliating defeat. Two years later, the weekenders and the politicians enlisted the services of the River Card. The Texas Miracle tells that tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491792605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"John Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637544087733,"sku":"9781491792605","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a9507526-0c91-47c2-acaf-5a99adaa72e5.jpg?v=1726582138","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-texas-miracle-the-tale-of-the-river-card-round-ii-9781491792605","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}