{"product_id":"a-life-of-albert-pike-walter-lee-brown-9781682261644","title":"A Life of Albert Pike","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Life of Albert Pike\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1997, is as much a study of antebellum Arkansas as it is a portrait of the former general. A native of Massachusetts, Pike settled in Arkansas Territory in 1832 after wandering the Great Plains of Texas and New Mexico for two years. In Arkansas he became a schoolteacher, newspaperman, lawyer, Whig leader, poet, Freemason, and Confederate general who championed secession and fought against Black suffrage. During his tenure as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite--a position he held for more than thirty years beginning in 1859--Pike popularized the Masonic movement in the American South and Far West. In the wake of the Civil War, Pike left Arkansas, ultimately settling in Washington, D.C., where he lived out his last years in the Mason's House of the Temple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on original documents, Pike's copious writings, and interviews with Pike's descendants, Walter Lee Brown presents a fascinating personal history that also serves as a rich compendium of Arkansas's antebellum history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Lee Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682261646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682261644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.70d","brand":"Walter Lee Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995318780159,"sku":"9781682261644","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de2bb0a7-a3b1-4194-b930-5c3db28c6569.jpg?v=1683335143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-life-of-albert-pike-walter-lee-brown-9781682261644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}