The State of Jones: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy

by John Stauffer and Sally Jenkins

Book Overview

Covering the same ground as the major motion picture The Free State of Jones, starring Matthew McConaughey, this is the extraordinary true story of the anti-slavery Southern farmer who brought together poor whites, army deserters and runaway slaves to fight the Confederacy in deepest Mississippi. Moving and powerful. -- The Washington Post.

In 1863, after surviving the devastating Battle of Corinth, Newton Knight, a poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767929462
• ISBN13: 9780767929462
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.1"