{"product_id":"the-wilsons-occasionally-broke-but-never-poor-hardcover","title":"The Wilsons: Occasionally Broke, But Never Poor - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack E. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wilsons: Occasionally Broke, But Never Poor\u003c\/em\u003e is a story about the early days of the Wilson family of Texas, from 1926 to the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt describes the Great Depression and how the family patriarch, Dr. Emilus Wilson, saw most of his eleven kids and their families move back home to Corpus Christi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book talks about the early days of Jack and his brother, Welcome, at the University of Houston, who were dropped off at the University of Houston with fifty dollars and told that they were on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt talks about their successful endeavor to obtain a Houston bank charter in the early 1960s, though they held total cash reserves of six hundred dollars, and their ten-year activity in civil defense during the Cold War (which included witnessing the Atom Bomb test in Nevada).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with a chapter about Jack Wilson's father, E.E. (Jack) Wilson, one of the great characters of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53425673175347,"sku":"9781634136211","price":58.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s8jW2LLrK-9781634136211.webp?v=1780520104","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-wilsons-occasionally-broke-but-never-poor-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}