{"product_id":"redemption-the-last-battle-of-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Lemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An arresting piece of popular history.\" --Sean Wilentz, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Lemann opens this extraordinary book with a riveting account of the horrific events of Easter 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana, where a white militia of Confederate veterans-turned-vigilantes attacked the black community there and massacred hundreds of people in a gruesome killing spree. This began an insurgency that changed the course of American history: for the next few years white Southern Democrats waged a campaign of political terrorism aiming to overturn the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and challenge President Grant's support for the emergent structures of black political power. \u003ci\u003eRedemption\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to describe in uncompromising detail this organized racial violence, which reached its apogee in Mississippi in 1875.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Lemann\u003c\/b\u003e, dean of the School of Journalism at Columbia University, is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Test\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 1999) and the prizewinning \u003ci\u003eThe Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his family in Pelham, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762300191008,"sku":"9780374530693","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a150905fe2d05e747d0a3895c51bec1c.webp?v=1780219014","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/redemption-the-last-battle-of-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}