{"product_id":"homer-a-tornado-wrapped-in-barbed-wire-a-tornado-wrapped-in-barbed-9781622884070","title":"Homer: A Tornado Wrapped in Barbed Wire: A Tornado Wrapped in Barbed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomer A Tornado Wrapped in Barbed Wire\u003c\/em\u003e takes us into the life of an unsung hero and the hardships Homer and too many others faced during the first half of the 20th-Century: poverty, World War I, the Spanish Flu that killed more than fifty million people worldwide, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II. He obviously was not the only person of that time in America deserving of the hero label; he was just the one I knew best. It was a time that ran over the weak and produced a generation of strong, tough, battle-scarred folks that dealt with more adversity than anyone deserved in one lifetime. Homer Eubanks was born in 1908 in Hamilton, Texas, and he died in 1963 in Tyler, Texas. He was a sharecropper's son. His journey through life was a trip on a very rocky road. He started it with no money, an eighth-grade education, eight siblings that loved him, and an inner strength that served him well in the face of huge challenges and moments of danger. This is a story about Homer, to be sure. However, it is also a story of a time in American history that too often left one alone to deal with the heartless obstacles that stood between him and a better life. It was a time when families pooled their meager assets, blood, sweat, and tears to help each other cope with economic stress and other angry circumstances that fought to hold them in the darkness as they strained to reach the light. People relied on the kindness and help of others as they clawed their ways in the direction of respectability and a modicum of success. Homer had the help of others, but it was his raw-boned, fierce effort that primarily got him into the greener pastures of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13102633\"\u003eScott Eubanks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen F. Austin University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781622884070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1622884078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSCOTT EUBANKS is a native of Marshall, Texas, and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University where he earned degrees in journalism and English. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePuberty Drove the Car\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen F. Austin University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683899019501,"sku":"9781622884070","price":26.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_4d4e47b0-0792-4611-ba15-4306d0441864.jpg?v=1649749178","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/homer-a-tornado-wrapped-in-barbed-wire-a-tornado-wrapped-in-barbed-9781622884070","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}