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License to Pawn

Deals, Steals, and My Life at the Gold & Silver

by Rick Harrison and Tim Keown

License to Pawn

Hardcover, 256 pages, Hyperion Books, List Price: $23.99 | purchase

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Book Summary

The lead of the hit History Channel show Pawn Stars, which centers around a family-owned pawn shop in Sin City run by three generations of the Harrison family, combines his remarkable personal story with highlights from the shop's history and what happens after the cameras stop rolling.

This book is about:

  • Las Vegas,
  • Nevada,
  • Pawnbrokers,
  • Harrison, Rick,
  • Biography,
  • Fathers and sons

NPR stories about License to Pawn

Author Interviews

'Pawn Star' Rick Harrison On His 'Deals And Steals'

Rick Harrison and his family run a 24-hour pawn shop in Las Vegas.

June 9, 2011 The star of The History Channel's Pawn Stars details how he became an expert in spotting fake Rolexes (he sees at least one a day), customer relations, human behavior, antiques and economics — all through running his family's pawn shop in Las Vegas.

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