{"product_id":"time-to-become-barbarian-harold-s-russell-9780761836414","title":"Time to Become Barbarian: The Extraordinary Life of General Horace Capron","description":"America's rise to power in the nineteenth century was the result of the efforts of many gifted men and women. This book chronicles the achievements of one of these, Horace Capron, who at age sixty-seven agreed to travel to Japan as an advisor to the government on the development of the large northern island of Hokkaido.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRussell traces Capron through the early years of the nineteenth century to his marriage into the influential Snowden family and his building of the town of Laurel, Maryland, where he made and lost a fortune in cotton milling and farming. Commanding a cavalry regiment in the Civil War brought him the rank of General and led to his appointment as the second commissioner of agriculture under Presidents Johnson and Grant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold S. Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761836411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761836414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.37w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 104","brand":"Harold S. Russell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925921366271,"sku":"9780761836414","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bc3747fa-2aec-4632-a312-91f099a9cf70.jpg?v=1681080143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-to-become-barbarian-harold-s-russell-9780761836414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}