{"product_id":"the-conquest-oscar-micheaux-9780803282094","title":"The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer","description":"Before Oscar Micheaux became celebrated as one of the earliest black filmmakers, he wrote a series of remarkable novels, the first one published in 1913 as \u003ci\u003eThe Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e. Dedicated to Booker T. Washington, the black educator whose advocacy of assimilation was opposed by many of his race who were agitating for civil rights, \u003ci\u003eThe Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e \"is a true story of a negro who was discontented and [of] the circumstances that were the outcome of that discontent.\" \u003cp\u003eThe novel portrays the aspirations and struggles of a black homesteader named Oscar Devereaux. Born on a small farm near Cairo, Illinois, one of thirteen children, Devereaux leaves home to work in the Chicago stockyards and finally graduates to the job of porter in a Pullman railway car. He is personable, industrious, and frugal with a purpose. After saving $2,500, Devereaux goes to South Dakota and buys land. His object is not speculation for a quick profit but the cultivation of property he can call his own. He plows and sows and sweats, and by the age of twenty-five has reaped an estate worth $20,000. Success is sweet, self-respect sweeter. But if the calamities he is exposed to as a homesteader are severe, so are those brought on by marriage to the passive daughter of a dominating preacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Micheaux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803282095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803282094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.93h x 5.33w x 0.86d","brand":"Oscar Micheaux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059753119999,"sku":"9780803282094","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_700ce610-c780-40a3-8b9c-44712bd604c9.jpg?v=1685060126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-conquest-oscar-micheaux-9780803282094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}