{"product_id":"lisa-eisner-shriners-9780972778831","title":"Lisa Eisner: Shriners","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrown men dressed in fezzes  driving mini-cars  and masquerading as clowns. You hear the word \"Shriner\" and immediately think of Barney Rubble and Fred Flintstone attending a meeting at the Water Buffalo Lodge. On the heels of her book Rodeo Girl  photographer Lisa Eisner has once again turned her camera to a subculture that favors rhinestone-encrusted hats. Coincidence? Probably not. Eisners grandfather was a Shriner  and  as a child  she used to imagine him going off to secret meetings replete with secret handshakes and secret passwords. She has spent the past five years researching and photographing every aspect of Shriner life--their homes  meetings  parades  football games  conventions  and charitable works.  So  what is a Shriner? Legend has it that in 1872  a group of Masons who were inclined to lunch together at the Knickerbocker Cottage in New York City formed the fraternal order known as the Shriners as a fellowship for Masons who had completed certain requirements. In their heyday in the 1940s-1960s  there were a million Shriners in the United States  including John Wayne  Red Skelton  Gene Autry  Harold Lloyd  and Franklin Roosevelt. Today this slice of Americana is in danger of extinction. Eisners vivid photographs offer intimate access into a world we wont soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67966362976309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0972778837","price":74.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780972778831.jpg?v=1794552560","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lisa-eisner-shriners-9780972778831","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}