Beating Back (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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From Bars to Ballots pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life of crime, confinement, and public reform.

This firsthand memoir follows Alphonso Jennings from a troubled youth through prison walls and into a hard‑won public career. It offers a clear, unflinching view of a man who faced his past openly while shaping a new path in Oklahoma City and beyond. The book blends vivid prison memory with early political campaigning, journalism, and legal reform. It shows how personal history can fuel public courage, even as it tests loyalties and passions. You’ll meet the people who shaped this journey and see how a life once defined by crime can move toward accountability and influence.

• Behind the bars: prison life, rivalries, and a dramatic riot that tests leadership and fairness.
• Growing up amid Civil War era roots, migration, and a Southern pride that meets a changing North.
• From editor’s chair to candidate: the work of turning private experience into public reform.
• Themes of truth, redemption, and the costs of political courage in a changing state.

Ideal for readers of true crime and political memoirs who seek a resilient, candid account of rehabilitation and public service.

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