{"product_id":"bodie-good-times-bad-1941384269","title":"Bodie: Good Times \u0026 Bad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1941384269\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clapp, Nicholas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Nicholas Clapp and photographer Will Furman portray Bodie in both vivid words and stunning photography-a town that had two sides, aptly described in an 1870s account...On the eve of her familys departure for booming Bodie, a little girl was said to have gathered her dolls, that they might join her as she knelt by her bed, her prayer concluding with a somberGoodbye, God; we are going to Bodie! Word was that the camp was hard-bitten, desperado-ridden.Getting wind of the girls farewell to the Almighty, The Weekly Bodie Standard reported that, oh no, that wasnt what the she had mind. Not at all. Someone had gotten the punctuation wrong. What she surely said wasGood, by God, we are going to Bodie! There were, in fact, two Bodies. On one hand, it was a fearfully and wonderfully bad place stalked by shootist in black swallow-tailed coats. On the other hand, it was a town of hard-working pioneers who dressed their little girls in starched white frocks and met adversity with charity and good cheer. As he passed through, Mark Twain mused that in Bodie virtue versus vice made for exciting times, and hed have it no other way. He was to add, It was a plain wonder how man carried on under such circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51971833069856,"sku":"NEW1941384269","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91y3Lg1U0tL.jpg?v=1783782433","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/bodie-good-times-bad-1941384269","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}