{"product_id":"to-defy-the-monster-albert-arthur-allison-9780595332984","title":"To Defy the Monster","description":"July 8, 1932, 11 PM. East Austin, an African-American district in Jim Crow Texas. Sixty-year-old Charles Johnson is driving home from Bible study when a car full of young white men swerves in front of him. A brief altercation ensues. Convinced that his life is threatened, Johnson fires his pistol and drives away. Johnson's shot kills the unarmed, eighteen-year-old son of Albert Allison, a prominent cotton landlord, influential in politics, and an advocate for racial justice. Although devastated, Allison personally thwarts a lynch mob and then insists that Austin's courts treat Johnson fairly. Nonetheless, Allison expects fairness to execute his son's killer. Johnson himself expects to be lynched, either by the mob or by the court. \u003ci\u003eTo Defy the Monster\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the confluence of unique cultural and historical factors determines Johnson's fate and why Allison orders his family never to speak of the matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Arthur Allison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595332986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595332984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 5.96w x 0.72d","brand":"Albert Arthur Allison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059366555903,"sku":"9780595332984","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac0e1ae0-e201-43bf-acb1-d23b7171fc08.jpg?v=1685057795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-defy-the-monster-albert-arthur-allison-9780595332984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}