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- Number of Pages: 352
- ISBN: 0385525931
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112471780
- Release Date: June 23, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #55550 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #2367 in History Books (See Top 100 History Books Bestsellers)
- #46 in United States - General (See Top 100 United States - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The State of Jones" by John Stauffer and Sally Jenkins to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The State of Jones"Browse more products related to "John Stauffer and Sally Jenkins"Review"THE STATE OF JONES contains much that is moving and powerful....[T]his is an important story that personalizes what remains abstract and counterintuitive in much of our received history of the Civil War..." "[T]his is an excellent work that casts light on an obscure aspect of the Civil War." "[E]xceedingly readable and informative....THE STATE OF JONES is as interesting for its depiction of resisters' domestic and communal life--the Primitive Baptist, egalitarian, non-slave-owning farming society--as for Knight's exploits." "[W]ell written, well read, and well researched. The true South is revealed, from the hardships of the war to the hardscrabble, poverty-ridden lives of the farmers who wore gray. Their stories, and that of Knight, are in turn impressive, depressing, complex, and always compelling." "Ms. Jenkins...and Mr. Stauffer...have brought fresh attention to a little-known and interesting sidebar of Civil War history." Publisher's noteTHE STATE OF JONES is a true story about the South during the Civil War--the real South. Not the mythologized South of romantic lost causes but a hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man's war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story is the story of how the Confederacy fragmented along class lines--and it shatters the image of a uniformly patriotic South. AnnotationSally Jenkins and John Stauffer present the amazing-but-true tale of Newton Knight, a Southern abolitionist who led an insurrection against the Confederacy during the Civil War. Knight, a resident of Jones County, Mississippi, was the grandson of a prominent slave owner and a soldier in the Confederate army, but he and many other rebels deserted following the brutal Battle of Vicksburg. Using Jones County as their base of operations, Knight and his band, composed of both whites and blacks, launched a series of significant guerrilla attacks against the southern army, helping to turn the tide of the war in their area. Knight was married to a white woman, but he had a large second family with a former slave, and he continued his fight for integration long after the war was over, eventually inciting retaliation from his own kin, who felt that he was disgracing the family legacy. If You Enjoy "The State of Jones (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The State of Jones (Hardcover)" by John Stauffer (Author) and Sal...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! History Books Bestselling Books
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