{"product_id":"james-z-george-mississippis-great-commoner-hardcover","title":"James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy B. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When the Mississippi school boy is asked who is called the 'Great Commoner' of public life in his state,\" wrote Mississippi's premier historian Dunbar Rowland in 1901, \"he will unhesitatingly answer James Z. George.\" While George's prominence, along with his white supremacist views, have decreased through the decades since then, many modern historians still view him as a supremely important Mississippian, with one writing that George (1826-1897) was \"Mississippi's most important Democratic leader in the late nineteenth century.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Certainly, the Mexican War veteran, prominent lawyer and planter, Civil War officer, Reconstruction leader, state Supreme Court chief justice, and Mississippi's longest-serving United States senator to that time deserves a full biography. And George's importance was greater than just on the state level as other southerners copied his tactics to secure white supremacy in their own states. That James Z. George has never had a full, academic biography is inexplicable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to rectify the lack of attention to George's life. In doing so, this volume utilizes numerous sources, never or only slightly used, primarily a large collection of George's letters held by his descendants and never used by historians. Such wonderful sources allow a glimpse not only into the life and times of James Z. George, but perhaps more importantly an exploration of the man himself, his traits, personality, and ideas. The result is a picture of an extremely commonplace individual on the surface, but an exceptionally complicated man underneath. \u003ci\u003eJames Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner\u003c\/i\u003e will bring this important Mississippi leader of the nineteenth century back into the minds of twenty-first-century Mississippians.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA biography of the Democratic leader once considered the most important man in state politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy B. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e teaches history at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He is author, editor, or coeditor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Mississippi Secession Convention: Delegates and Deliberations in Politics and War, 1861-1865 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48646040092921,"sku":"9781617032318","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xaobdVLmIR9781617032318.webp?v=1783462484","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/james-z-george-mississippis-great-commoner-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}