{"product_id":"the-mississippi-bubble","title":"The Mississippi Bubble","description":"452 pp. Illustrated by Henry Hutt. How the star of good fortune rose and set and rose again, by a woman's grace, for one John Law of Lauriston. \"The Mississippi Bubble is a 1902 novel by American author Emerson Hough. It was Hough's first bestseller, and the fourth-best selling novel in the United States in 1902.[2] The historical novel revolves around the story of John Law (1671-1729) and the \"Mississippi Bubble\", an economic bubble of speculative investment in the French colony of Louisiana.[3][4] The book sold well from the time of its release, with The New York Times reporting 1,000 copies selling per day in the first month of its release.[5] It became the number one best-selling book in America for the month in the August 1902 issue of The Bookman.[6] Hough wrote the book at night, working between 10pm and 4am, after his day job at Forest and Stream magazine in Chicago. He earned $11,640.15 from it.[7]\"","brand":"Grosset \u0026 Dunlap","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20805960990790,"sku":"2288739","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2288739.jpg?v=1571426990","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mississippi-bubble","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}