{"product_id":"the-jackson-county-rebellion-a-populist-uprising-in-depression-era-oregon-paperback","title":"The Jackson County Rebellion: A Populist Uprising in Depression-Era Oregon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Max Lalande\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jackson County Rebellion explores a dramatic if little-known populist insurgency that captured national attention as it played out in rural Oregon. Jeffrey LaLande traces the rebellion's roots back to the area's tradition of protest, including the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s, then focuses on Jackson County's politics of upheaval during the worst days of the Great Depression. The broad strokes of the episode may be familiar to contemporary readers, with demagogues fanning rage and relentlessly accusing an elite of corruption and conspiracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two inflammatory local newspapers, one owned by wealthy orchardist Llewellyn Banks and the other by politician Earl Fehl, became the vehicles by which these men won followers. Partners in demagoguery, Banks and Fehl created a movement that very nearly took over county government through direct action, ballot theft, and threats of violence. Among those opposing the two men was Harvard-educated Robert Ruhl, owner\/editor of the Medford \u003ci\u003eMail Tribune.\u003c\/i\u003e Despite boycotts and threats of sabotage, Ruhl ran a resolute editorial campaign against the threat in his \u003ci\u003eMail Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e which won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on the uprising. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The rebellion blazed hotly but not for long. Its end was marked by the arrest of its leaders after the fiercely contested 1932 election and by Banks's murder of the police officer sent to arrest him. Placing the Jackson County Rebellion squarely within America's long tradition of populist uprisings against the perceived sins of an allegedly corrupt, affluent local elite, LaLande argues that this little-remembered episode is part of a long history of violent conflict in the American West that continues today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEFFREY MAX LALANDE was concurrently adjunct professor of history at Southern Oregon University and archaeologist for the US Forest Service for thirty years. He has published two books and numerous articles on the history of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.91 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 March 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772481798432,"sku":"9780870712296","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d7b1c65a7920ee0f9b760dff1856df5f.webp?v=1780406675","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-jackson-county-rebellion-a-populist-uprising-in-depression-era-oregon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}