{"product_id":"death-at-cross-plains-gene-l-howard-9780817307493","title":"Death at Cross Plains: An Alabama Reconstruction Tragedy","description":"\u003ci\u003eDeath at Cross Plains\u003c\/i\u003e follows the tragic life and career of William Luke, a white Canadian minister who became a teacher at the HBCU Talladega College in 1869. Later taking the position of schoolteacher to Black railroad workers near Talladega, Luke became caught up in a web of racial antagonisms, xenophobia, and partisan conflict rampant that characterized the Reconstruction-era South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reconstruction in the South is a much studied and yet little understood period in the region's history. In many areas it was marked by such violence as to have been guerrilla warfare in all but name. \u003ci\u003eDeath at Cross Plains\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping story of one local incident that illuminates the aftermath of the Civil War throughout the region. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene L. Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817307494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817307493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.49w x 0.51d","brand":"Gene L. Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46738987942143,"sku":"9780817307493","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c7bca67-dee9-4f7a-ade6-403bdc590454.jpg?v=1743276871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-at-cross-plains-gene-l-howard-9780817307493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}