License to pawn
Subtitle: deals, steals, and my life at the Gold & Silver
By: Rick Harrison with Tim Keown
Contributors: Keown, Tim
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781401324308
Subjects: Pawnbrokers; Fathers and sons; World Famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Description: "NON-FICTION -- Full of colorful characters and the fascinating wheeling and dealings of the pawn shop Rick Harrison owns and runs with his father and his son, UNTITLED is a tie-in to Pawn Stars, one of the most popular shows on all of cable. It will take readers behind the scenes of Harrison's family-run pawn shop and bring its lovable cast to vivid life on the page. But it will also present Harrison's amazing personal story. While he registered a near-200 IQ at an early age, Rick developed a similarly uncanny ability to find ever-deepening trouble that nearly ruined his life. Yet the birth of his son and a reconnection with his father would bring Harrison peace at a time of desperation and, together, they would build the booming business where The Antiques Road Show meets American Chopper and millions of viewers--and potential readers--find they cannot get enough"--