{"product_id":"the-upshaws-of-county-line-richard-s-orton-9781574415711","title":"The Upshaws of County Line: An American Family","description":"Winner of the Ottis Locke Best Coffee Table Book Award from the East Texas Historical Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Guss, Felix, and Jim Upshaw founded the community of County Line in the 1870s in northwest Nacogdoches County, in deep East Texas. As with hundreds of other relatively autonomous black communities created at that time, the Upshaws sought a safe place to raise their children and create a livelihood during Reconstruction and Jim Crow Texas.\u003cbr\u003e In the late 1980s photographer Richard Orton visited County Line for the first time and became aware of a world he did not know existed as a white man. He met some remarkable people there who changed his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The more than 50 duotone photographs and text convey the contemporary experience of growing up in a \"freedom colony.\" Covering a period of twenty-five years, photographer Richard Orton juxtaposes his images with text from people who grew up in and have remained connected to their birthplace. Thad Sitton's foreword sets the community in historical context and Roy Flukinger points out the beauty of the documentary photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book should appeal to anyone interested in American or Texas history, particularly the history of African Americans in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. The book should also be of interest to anyone with an appreciation for documentary photography, including students and teachers of photography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard S. Orton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574415719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574415711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 10.26w x 0.58d","brand":"Richard S. Orton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980119408895,"sku":"9781574415711","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc1981ab-d93e-4fe4-a1e9-d49e6c5264de.jpg?v=1683248507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-upshaws-of-county-line-richard-s-orton-9781574415711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}