{"product_id":"step-johnson-john-a-chambers-9781440108068","title":"Step Johnson: A Novel of Deep-South Civil Rights and Wrongs in 1936","description":"In June of 1936, Step Johnson of Savannah, Georgia, a brilliant black odd-jobs man, part-time thug, full-time womanizer, is a cynical rebel with numerous causes, usually negative. His sweet and unselfish girlfriend, twenty-year-old Gancy Miller, \"deserts\" him to care for her ill sister, Sweet Annie, in Lourdes, called Lordies, in the next state. Angry as well as desolate, he hitchhikes after her.\u003cp\u003e Gancy, rebounded, is now involved with Lonnie Milsaps, a white Lourdes barber and gun-dealing entrepreneur whose twin fixations are hiding his misalliance and frantically chasing a franchise for the sensational new Royal Crown Colas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Step's nightmarish pilgrim's progress through emotional and physical abuse inspires soul searching that is long overdue. Persecution and introspection continue in Lordies, where he's blackjacked for deliberately taking a white bus seat. He also acquires an unwarranted and undesired, yet unshakable, reputation for miracle-working. Lordies' black establishment resents Step as a rival. White folk loathe him as an agitator, especially the power hungry chief of police, Hershel Laycock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Step becomes the reluctant, yet committed, leader of a tragically isolated civil rights awakening. Its unexpected climax is both deadly and inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Chambers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440108064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440108068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John A. Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458306650367,"sku":"9781440108068","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51dd97d2-ab7e-439f-a3d8-083ba4e52dda.jpg?v=1777403618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/step-johnson-john-a-chambers-9781440108068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}