{"product_id":"9780870046469","title":"J.R. Simplot: A Billion the Hard Way","description":"This is the story of John Richard \"Jack\" Simplot-who dropped out  of school at age 14 to parlay a few pigs into one of the largest  privately-held companies in America.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003eToday public stock offerings for new \"dot com\" companies make their young  founders rich (at least on paper) overnight.  J. R. Simplot is one of the  last classic Horatio Alger success stories.  He spent 75 years building his  empire  the hard way.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003eThe 90-year-old Simplot also is one of the few 20th century industrialists  to successfully make the transition to the high tech business world of the  new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003eDr. Louie Attebery uses hundreds of hours of research and interviews to  paint a fascinating word portrait of this colorful, outspoken billionaire.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Louie W. Attebery is an authority on American  folklore.  He is former chairman of the Department of English at The College  of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho.  He was a member of the first executive council  of the Western Literature Association.  He has given numerous talks on  American and Western folklore and was folklife consultant for the 1974  World's Fair in Spokane, Washington.  He has written numerous articles for  regional and national publications.  Dr. Attebery is a former editor of  \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Foklore\u003c\/i\u003e and is a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of American  Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e.  He has written several books, and edited \u003ci\u003eIdaho Folklife:  Homesteads to Headstones\u003c\/i\u003e.  ","brand":"Caxton Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42995973587005,"sku":"9780870046469","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780870046469","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}