{"id":1830,"date":"2014-11-22T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T20:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2014-11-22T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T20:24:36","slug":"ellen-mansoor-collier-book-signing-november-29th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=1830","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Mansoor Collier: Book Signing November 29th, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ellen Mansoor Collier<\/strong> will join us on Saturday, November 29th, 3:00-5:00 with the latest book in her popular Jazz Age Mystery series, <em>Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gold-diggers-300w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gold-diggers-300w.jpg\" alt=\"gold-diggers-300w\" width=\"300\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone bordered size-full wp-image-1804\" srcset=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gold-diggers-300w.jpg 300w, http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gold-diggers-300w-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During Prohibition in 1920s Galveston, the Island was called the \u201cFree State of Galveston\u201d due to its lax laws and laissez faire attitude toward gambling, girls and bootlegging. Young society reporter Jasmine (Jazz) Cross longs to cover hard news, but she\u2019s stuck between two clashing cultures: the world of gossip and glamour vs. gangsters and gamblers.<\/p>\n<p>Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns is Ellen\u2019s third book in the Jazz Age Mystery series, all featuring the plucky young journalist, Jasmine \u201cJazz\u201d Cross, and all set in 1920s Galveston during Prohibition. <em>Flappers, Flasks and Foul Play<\/em> is the first in the series, followed by <em>Bathing Beauties, Booze and Bullets<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns Ellen Mansoor Collier will join us on Saturday, November 29th, 3:00-5:00 with the latest book in her popular Jazz Age Mystery series, Gold Diggers, Gamblers and Guns. During Prohibition in 1920s Galveston, the Island was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?p=1830\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ellen Mansoor Collier: Book Signing November 29th, 2014<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions\/1833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}