Beating Back (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Angell, Joseph Kinnicut

 
9781440032691: Beating Back (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

From Bars to Ballots pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life of crime, confinement, and public reform.

This firsthand memoir follows Alphonso Jennings from a troubled youth through prison walls and into a hard‑won public career. It offers a clear, unflinching view of a man who faced his past openly while shaping a new path in Oklahoma City and beyond. The book blends vivid prison memory with early political campaigning, journalism, and legal reform. It shows how personal history can fuel public courage, even as it tests loyalties and passions. You’ll meet the people who shaped this journey and see how a life once defined by crime can move toward accountability and influence.

  • Behind the bars: prison life, rivalries, and a dramatic riot that tests leadership and fairness.
  • Growing up amid Civil War era roots, migration, and a Southern pride that meets a changing North.
  • From editor’s chair to candidate: the work of turning private experience into public reform.
  • Themes of truth, redemption, and the costs of political courage in a changing state.

Ideal for readers of true crime and political memoirs who seek a resilient, candid account of rehabilitation and public service.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A l Jennings, the Long Rider, showing his actual costume and equipment .. Frontispiece Judge Jennings 6M ytemper suddenly flamed up, and I called him a liar 42 I made him ride beside me as we galloped down the right of way 120 We drove him ahead of us down the road .
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Biographie de l'auteur

Al Jennings was a lawyer, author, silent film actor, train robber, convict, and a politician who admitted he was a thief.

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