{"product_id":"elusive-state-of-jefferson-a-journey-through-the-51st-state-paperback","title":"Elusive State of Jefferson: A Journey Through The 51St State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Laufer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1941, a nascent statehood movement began to coalesce into an active and explicit secession campaign seeking to carve from Northern California and Southern Oregon a new State of Jefferson. Yreka, California, home of the secession movement, was named the temporary state capital. Local proponents, Members of the State of Jefferson Citizens Committee, began to stop traffic along Highway 99 at armed roadblocks to pass out political broadsides - their Proclamation of Independence. And, in December of that year, Judge John Childs of Crescent City, California, was elected the first Governor of the State of Jefferson. \u003cbr\u003eThe United States' entry into World War II just days later interrupted this growing movement. News of the bombing of Pearl Harbor replaced the planned coverage of Child's election and overshadowed Jeffersonians perceived marginalization with a national sense of unity. But today what often is referred to as the mythical State of Jefferson remains as both an emblem of the north counties' frustrations and as a cultural signifier that differentiates the region from the rest of California and the nation. \u003cbr\u003eThrough interviews with residents and travels through the region, Laufer reveals the story of what could have been and the identity of the region that remains even more than sixty years after the apex of the movement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Laufer, P.h.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the author of more than a dozen books that deal with social and political issues, including \u003ci\u003eMission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWetback Nation: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIron Curtain Rising: A Personal Journey through the Changing Landscape of Eastern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the coanchor of The \u003ci\u003ePeter Laufer Show\u003c\/i\u003e on radio station Green 960 in San Francisco. More about his books, documentary films, and broadcasts, which have won the George Polk, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, and other awards, can be found at peterlaufer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.06 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46582028501189,"sku":"9780762788361","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/0SKqy0lkwQ9780762788361.webp?v=1784797398","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/elusive-state-of-jefferson-a-journey-through-the-51st-state-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}