{"product_id":"liberty-to-the-downtrodden-matthew-j-grow-9780300136104","title":"Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas L. Kane (1822-1883), a crusader for antislavery, women's rights, and the downtrodden, rose to prominence in his day as the most ardent and persuasive defender of Mormons' religious liberty. Though not a Mormon, Kane sought to defend the much-reviled group from the \"Holy War\" waged against them by evangelical America. His courageous personal intervention averted a potentially catastrophic bloody conflict between federal troops and Mormon settlers in the now nearly forgotten Utah War of 1857-58.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive, newly available archives, this book is the first to tell the full story of Kane's extraordinary life. The book illuminates his powerful Philadelphia family, his personal life and eccentricities, his reform achievements, his place in Mormon history, and his career as a Civil War general. Further, the book revises previous understandings of nineteenth-century reform, showing how Kane and likeminded others fused Democratic Party ideology, anti-evangelicalism, and romanticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew J. Grow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300136102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300136104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Matthew J. Grow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449915863295,"sku":"9780300136104","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e779dae0-be7f-47d2-82bc-8bee03af7a1c.jpg?v=1698501729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/liberty-to-the-downtrodden-matthew-j-grow-9780300136104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}