Buy this book on-line Albert Arthur Allison : To Defy the MonsteriUniverse, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, 2005 ISBN 9780595781928
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BP5 - A hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Al Allison to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 277 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. July 8, 1932, 11 PM. East Austin, an African-American district in Jim Crow Texas. Sixty-year-old Charles Johnson is driving home from Bible study when a car full of young white men swerves in front of him. A brief altercation ensues. Convinced that his life is threatened, Johnson fires his pistol and drives away. Johnson s shot kills the unarmed, eighteen-year-old son of Albert Allison, a prominent cotton landlord, influential in politics and an advocate for racial justice. To Defy the Monster shows how the confluence of unique cultural and historical events determines Johnson fate and why Allison orders his family never to speak of the matter.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Albert Arthur Allison : To Defy the Monster. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, first editions, out of print books, out-of-print books and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |