{"product_id":"the-last-ride-9781886916074","title":"The Last Ride","description":"\u003cp\u003eTake a personal journey with former bull riding champion Glen Pee Wee Mercer  who on November 11  1995  at the age of 25  suffered an accident while dismounting a bull at the Southeastern Circuit Final at Brighton  Florida. This resulted in a broken neck and severed spinal cord  thus changing his life forever. The Last Ride is the dramatic story of his life both before and after the accident. Patrick Smith met Mercer following a speaking engagement for the Friends of the Library in Williston  where Mercer lived. The two struck up a bond of friendship. Mercer was unable to write but had a colorful life s story to tell. Smith agreed to help Mercer share his story and so they collaborated on the book. The result seven months later was publication of The Last Ride. Although this book covers Pee Wee s rodeo career throughout Florida and many other parts of the United States  it is not just a book about rodeo. It is also the story of young love gone awry  of adventure  high humor  youthful exuberance during those years when people think they are indestructible  of hopes and dreams of the future and how those hopes and dreams are shattered forever in just one split second of time. It is Pee Wee s story  but told with Smith s masterful writing skill. The Last Ride is unique among the books written by Patrick D. Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67913601384501,"sku":"ByrdShop_1886916071","price":99.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781886916074.jpg?v=1793948845","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-last-ride-9781886916074","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}