{"product_id":"jack-jacksons-american-history-hardcover-by-jack-jackson","title":"Jack Jackson's American History Hardcover by Jack Jackson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-01-18)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e320\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606995044\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo landmark works of graphic nonfiction under one cover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Jackson loved American history and creating comics. He combined these into a single vocation and created a legacy of historical graphic novels that has never been equaled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJackson is credited with creating what many consider the first underground comic, \u003ci\u003eGod Nose\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1964. He co-founded Rip-Off Press in 1969, and made some of the most scathing satirical comics about contemporary America ever seen. But, Jackson was a Texan, and in the 1970s he returned to his roots and began writing and drawing short historical comics about Texas history. He then went on to produce six graphic novels chronicling 19th century Western history focusing on his beloved Texas and the Plains Indians. Fantagraphics, which published \u003ci\u003eLos Tejanos\u003c\/i\u003e originally in 1981, is proud to bring his graphic histories back into print in a series of three volumes, each reprinting two of his long narratives. The first volume features \u003ci\u003eLos Tejanos\u003c\/i\u003e, which Fantagraphics published as a solo book in 1981, and \u003ci\u003eLost Cause\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) — chronicling Texas history before and after the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Tejanos\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Texas-Mexican conflict between 1835 and 1875 as seen through the eyes of tejano (literally Texan of Mexican, as distinct from anglo, heritage) Juan Seguín. It is through Seguín, a pivotal and tragic figure, that Jackson humanizes Texas’ fight for independence and provides a human scale for this vast and complex story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Cause\u003c\/i\u003e documents the violent reaction to Reconstruction by Texans. As Jackson wrote, “Texas reaped a bitter harvest from the War Between the States. Part of this dark legacy was the great unrest that plagued the beaten but unbowed populace.” The tensions caused by Reconstruction are told through the Taylor-Sutton feud, which raged across South Texas, embracing two generations and causing untold grief, and the gunslinger John Wesley Hardin, who swept across Texas killing Carpetbaggers, Federal soldiers, and Indians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJackson’s work is as known for its rigorous research — he became as good an historian as he was a cartoonist — as well as its chiseled, raw-boned visual approach, reproducing the time and place with an uncanny verisimilitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an essay by and interview with Jackson about the controversy \u003ci\u003eLost Cause\u003c\/i\u003e generated, and an introduction by the novelist Ron Hansen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, a.k.a. “Jaxon,” is considered by many to be the first underground comix artist. He was born in 1941 and died in 2006 in his home state of Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than 20 books, stories, and anthologies. He received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his book \u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short fiction, in 1989. Some of his other works include \u003ci\u003eMariette in Ecstasy\u003c\/i\u003e; the children's book \u003ci\u003eThe Shadowmaker\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDesperadoes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the John Edgar Wideman Award in 1984; and the novel \u003ci\u003eAtticus\u003c\/i\u003e, a suspenseful murder mystery detailing a father's fierce love for his son. \u003ci\u003eAtticus\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. Among the anthologies written by Hansen are \u003ci\u003eThe Sun So Hot I Froze To Death, Can I Just Sit Here For A While?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTrue Romance\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories, with titles ranging from \"His Dog\" to \"Playland,\" have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eStanford Alumni Magazine, Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIowa Review, Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Besides holding Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Hansen has received a Lyndhurst Foundation Grant and is a fellow of the University of Michigan Society of Fellows. Hansen has also held the position of Gerald Manley Hopkins S.J. 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