{"product_id":"james-milton-turner-and-the-gary-r-kremer-9780826222251","title":"James Milton Turner and the Promise of America: The Public Life of a Post-Civil War Black Leader","description":"James Milton Turner, Missouri's most prominent nineteenth-century African American political figure, possessed a deep faith in America. The Civil War, he believed, had purged the land of its sins and allowed the country to realize what had always been its promise: the creation of a social and political environment in which merit, not race, mattered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born a slave, Turner gained freedom when he was a child and received his education in clandestine St. Louis schools, later briefly attending Oberlin College. A self-taught lawyer, Turner earned a statewide reputation and wielded power far out of proportion to Missouri's relatively small black population. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After working nearly a decade in Liberia, Turner never regained the prominence he had enjoyed during Reconstruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary R. Kremer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826222250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826222251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Gary R. Kremer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983386673407,"sku":"9780826222251","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fcda56e0-6833-4d09-a9cd-80a01189bcf9.jpg?v=1683266336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-milton-turner-and-the-gary-r-kremer-9780826222251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}