{"product_id":"the-town-that-started-the-civil-war-9780440503965","title":"The Town That Started the Civil War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating, gripping narrative.\"--James M. McPherson, author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a crisp autumn day in Ohio, 1858, two Kentucky slave hunters were closing in on a runaway slave named John Price. Federal law said they had the right to bring the man back across state lines. But to the people of Oberlin, Ohio, the law was wrong--and they were willing to prove it with their sweat and blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this fascinating, spirited telling of one of the most extraordinary confrontations in U.S. history, Nat Brandt gives a blow-by-blow account of how a small but passionate army of students, farmers, former slaves, a bookstore owner, a professor, a preacher, and a cobbler risked their lives to rescue a man they didn't know--and ignited a furious conflict with a wavering U.S. government. From its first blows to the controversial trials that followed, the Oberlin Rescue was an act of uncommon heroism and courage--and a true battle for the conscience of a land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440503965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Nat Brandt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637241868444,"sku":"9780440503965","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_84b7b2fb-1021-4984-8342-1bacbbcc45bd.jpg?v=1603844296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-town-that-started-the-civil-war-9780440503965","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}