{"product_id":"last-man-standing-the-tragedy-and-triumph-of-geronimo-pratt-9780385493673","title":"Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the epic scope of A Civil Action  Last Man Standing is an unforgettable chronicle of the twenty-seven-year struggle to break a conspiratorial abuse of power and free one of Americas most famous political prisoners.  In 1968  twenty-year-old Elmer Gerard \"Geronimo\" Pratt returned from Vietnam with a chest full of medals and a Purple Heart into the most heated racial climate in American history. Taking advantage of the G.I. Bill  Pratt enrolled at UCLA  where the Black Panther Party was busy recruiting. Propelled by a diverse group of African Americans  the Panther agenda was a volatile mix of black rage  black pride  altruism  idealism  and violence. Under the charismatic leadership of Eldridge Cleaver  Huey P. Newton  Bobby Seale  and Bunchy Carter  Pratt rose to the rank of Deputy Minister of Defense and became leader of the Los Angeles Chapter. The Panthers did not go unnoticed by J. Edgar Hoover. In the era of enemies lists  his FBI drew up its own list of Panthers to be \"neutralized\" and began a systematic counterintelligence program to undermine black solidarity. Geronimo Pratt headed Hoovers list. When an FBI informer within the Panther party agreed to testify that Pratt murdered a young woman at a Santa Monica tennis court  his days as a free citizen came to an end.  If not for the unlikely alliance of a brash African American defense attorney (Johnnie L. Cochran  Jr.)  a radical Irish Jewish law student (Stuart Hanlon)  a Protestant minister (Rev. James McCloskey)  and the indefatigable Pratt-his spirit unbroken by eight years in solitary confinement-a horrifying miscarriage of justice would never have been rectified. As riveting biography  courtroom drama  and just plain narrative nonfiction  Last Man Standing is certain to take its place among the finest works of American judicial history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648180969525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385493673","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385493673.jpg?v=1781712016","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/last-man-standing-the-tragedy-and-triumph-of-geronimo-pratt-9780385493673","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}