{"product_id":"carl-schurz-a-biography-9780870493263","title":"Carl Schurz: A Biography","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Schurz: A Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e by Trefousse, Hans L.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780870493263.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Germany in 1829, Schurz became involved in the Revolution of 1848 when he was a student at the University of Bonn. Participating in the revolutionary army in Baden, he managed to escape through a sewer during the siege of Rastatt, flee across the Rhine to France, and come back to rescue his professor, Gottfried Kinkel, from a jail near Berlin. This deed made him famous, and when he came to America in 1852, he speedily made use of his ethnic connections to enter politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Univ of Tennessee Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924497334325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870493264","price":246.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870493263.jpg?v=1794134500","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/carl-schurz-a-biography-9780870493263","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}