{"product_id":"train-crash-at-crush-texas-americas-deadliest-publicity-stunt-9781467139342","title":"Train Crash at Crush, Texas: America's Deadliest Publicity Stunt","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mike Cox\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: History Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: History Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Railroads - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publicity stunt ramming two trains together at top speed. Showrunner and Katy Railroad official William Crush thought he had planned for every contingency. But when elephant-sized chunks of steam locomotive began raining down into the packed stands, the extravaganza quickly unraveled into one of the Lone Star State's most confounding tragedies. The soon-to-be famous Scott Joplin commemorated the debacle in The Great Crush Collision March, and entrepreneurs like Head-On Joe Connolly of Iowa continued the tradition of the staged locomotive duel for decades. But the stupefying incident still slipped into the back pages of Texas lore. In the first-ever book on the subject, writer-historian Mike Cox finally tells the full story of the Crash at Crush. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45136379805847,"sku":"9781467139342","price":1841.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781467139342.webp?v=1767909162","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/train-crash-at-crush-texas-americas-deadliest-publicity-stunt-9781467139342","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}