{"product_id":"bluff-city-the-secret-life-of-photographer-ernest-withers-9780393358087","title":"Bluff City: The Secret Life of Photographer Ernest Withers","description":"\u003cp\u003eErnest Withers took some of the most legendary images of the 1950s and '60s: Martin Luther King, Jr., riding a newly integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusatory finger across the courtroom at his nephew's killer; scores of African-American protestors carrying a forest of signs reading \"i \u003cem\u003eam\u003c\/em\u003e a man.\" But at the same time, Withers was working as an FBI informant. In this gripping narrative history, Preston Lauterbach examines the complicated political and economic forces that informed Withers's seeming betrayal of the people he photographed, and \"does a masterful job of telling the story of civil rights in Memphis in the 1960s\" (Ed Ward, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e), including the events surrounding Dr. King's tumultuous final march in Memphis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauterbach, Preston:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePreston Lauterbach\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eBluff City\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeale Street Dynasty\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Chitlin' Circuit\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e book of the year, and co-author of \u003cem\u003eBrother Johnson: Growing Up with Robert Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a former visiting scholar at Rhodes College and a Virginia Humanities Fellow. He lives in Virginia.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525289414930,"sku":"9780393358087","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7391e8e7-8d72-4e47-a6c2-45b745426bb4.jpg?v=1731212753","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bluff-city-the-secret-life-of-photographer-ernest-withers-9780393358087","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}