{"product_id":"my-life-as-an-edsel-driven-by-ego-derailed-by-irony-redeemed-by-endurance-9798989664528","title":"My Life as an Edsel: Driven by Ego, Derailed by Irony, Redeemed by Endurance","description":"\u003cp\u003eMY LIFE AS AN EDSEL is the story of a man who spent decades driving his life with enthusiasm wildly out of proportion to his navigation skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreer Firestone built companies, staged musicals, raised money, raised eyebrows, and survived two divorces, two arrests, and enough reinventions to fill several lifetimes-plus a few he probably wasn't qualified for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the anti-war protests of 1968 to a six-month hitchhike across Europe, from building an Earth Shoe empire to standing atop the Great Pyramid, from interviewing a young Joe Biden to rafting the Colorado River and wandering the world in search of meaning, Firestone barrels through triumphs, breakdowns, and the occasional spiritual fender bender with humor, candor, and hard-earned perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part social history, part comic confession, MY LIFE AS AN EDSEL is not a redemption story. It's a salvage story-proof that even a discontinued model can rack up surprising mileage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Edsel didn't die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt became folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo did Firestone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the owner's manual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2314587\"\u003eGreer Firestone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greer Firestone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989664528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greer Firestone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229386199337,"sku":"9798989664528","price":33.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/9798989664528.jpg?v=1790357419","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/my-life-as-an-edsel-driven-by-ego-derailed-by-irony-redeemed-by-endurance-9798989664528","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}