An American Insurrection : The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
by Doyle, William
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0385499698
- ISBN 13
- 9780385499699
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2001. Book contains 383 pages with a few illustrations and endpaper maps. The true storyof the worst constitutitonal crisis since the Civil War and of a major turinging point in American history. It takes readers into the eye of the chaotic and ferocious white uprisinig that occurred when Air Force veteran James Meredith tried to become the first black student to register at the University of Mississippi, only to be physically bloced by radical segregationist Governor Ross Marnett, hundreds of state police, and thousands of student and civilian "volunteers" from across the South. The revolt climaxed in a fourteen-hour battle and the lightning invasion of the state by 30,000 combat troops ordered in by President John F. Kennedy.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
William Doyle’s previous book, Inside the Oval Office: The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton (1999) was a New York Times Notable Book. In 1998 he won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best TV Documentary for the A&E special The Secret White House Tapes, which he co-wrote and co-produced. He lives in New York City. His email address is billdoyleusa@yahoo.com.
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- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
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- Title
- An American Insurrection : The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
- Author
- Doyle, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385499698
- ISBN 13
- 9780385499699
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- COLLEGE INTEGRATION MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY AFRO AMERICANS CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION HIGHER POLITICAL SCIENCE
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