{"product_id":"brann-and-the-iconoclast-paperback","title":"Brann and the Iconoclast - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Carver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoy Bedichek\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"They wouldn't let him rest--even in his grave.\" Thus Charles Carver opens his story of the climactic years of a journalist who had poured out such blazing prose that readers from England to Hawaii mourned his murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe impact of William Cowper Brann's Iconoclast upon the town of Waco, Texas, in the 1890's was like a rocket burst in a quiet sky. Rebelling against Victorian hypocrisy, the newspaperman took aim at organized virtue, exemplified for him by Baylor University and other Baptist organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Roy Bedichek, noted author and naturalist, knew Brann, and after reading this book in manuscript said, \"I am at once delighted and disappointed: disappointed to find my teen-age hero reduced to size... delighted with the art of the biographer.... It has genuine literary excellence... is a chapter in the history of the publishing business in Texas that needs to be put into print....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1957\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754124869920,"sku":"9780292707658","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2336b6ad6f401298fd0f8e7a1a401b43.webp?v=1780033928","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/brann-and-the-iconoclast-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}