{"title":"Bill Campbell","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Campbell crafts powerful graphic novels that delve into intense social issues and historical moments. His narratives combine evocative visuals with storytelling that challenges and engages readers, making each book a striking exploration of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTitles such as \u003cem\u003eRefuge\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Day the Klan Came to Town\u003c\/em\u003e reveal Campbell’s commitment to unflinching, thought-provoking themes. Readers can expect graphic novels that provoke reflection through vivid art and compelling, heartfelt stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"refuge-by-bill-campbell-9780578391533","title":"Refuge","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gritty \"voodoo\" Western tale about what happens when fighting is all both sides know to do.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1879. After decades of violence and fleeing, having gone everywhere from Florida to Mexico, a war-weary band of Seminole Blacks led by their sheriff, Desi Leans, and his wise-cracking deputy, Gay Day, have finally settled in the Oklahoma Territory. They have built their dream, \u003cem\u003eRefuge\u003c\/em\u003e, and they will do whatever it takes to make it work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut they fear that it may all go up in smoke when a band of renegade buffalo soldiers, The Testimony Gang, and their firebrand leader, Prester John, come to town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill \u003cem\u003eRefuge\u003c\/em\u003e hold true to its promise or will it all be burned to the ground?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464185200876,"sku":"9780578391533","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780578391533-refuge.jpg?v=1775040567"},{"product_id":"the-day-the-klan-came-to-town-by-bill-campbell-9781629638720","title":"The Day the Klan came to Town","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1923. The Ku Klux Klan is at the height of its power in the US as membership swells into the millions and they expand beyond their original southern borders. As they grow, so do their targets. As they continue their campaigns of terror against African Americans, their list now includes Catholics and Jews, southern and eastern Europeans, all in the name of \"white supremacy.\" But they are no longer considered a terrorist organisation. By adding the messages of moral decency, family values, and temperance, the Klan has slapped on a thin veneer of respectability and has become a \"civic organisation,\" attracting ordinary citizens, law enforcement, and politicians to their particular brand of white, Anglo-Saxon, and Protestant \"Americanism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePennsylvania enthusiastically joined that wave. That was when the Grand Dragon of Pennsylvania decided to display the Klan's newfound power in a show of force. He chose a small town outside of Pittsburgh named after Andrew Carnegie; a small, unassuming borough full of \"Catholics and Jews,\" the perfect place to teach these immigrants \"a lesson.\" Some thirty thousand members of the Klan gathered from as far as Kentucky for \"Karnegie Day.\" After initiating new members, they armed themselves with torches and guns to descend upon the town to show them exactly what Americanism was all about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day the Klan Came to Town\u003c\/em\u003e is a fictionalised retelling of the riot, focusing on a Sicilian immigrant, Primo Salerno. He is not a leader; he's a man with a troubled past. He was pulled from the sulphur mines of Sicily as a teen to fight in the First World War. Afterward, he became the focus of a local fascist and was forced to emigrate to the United States. He doesn't want to fight but feels that he may have no choice. The entire town needs him—and indeed everybody—to make a stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599395700972,"sku":"9781629638720","price":48.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781629638720-the-day-the-klan-came-to-town.jpg?v=1777976140"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/bill-campbell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}