{"product_id":"9780061118210","title":"A Nation Rising: Untold Tales from America's Hidden History","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDavis, Kenneth C.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e“History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— San Francisco Chronicle \u003cp\u003eFollowing on his New York Times bestsellers America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History, Ken Davis explores the next chapter in the country’s hidden history: the gritty first half of the 19th century, among the most tumultuous in the nation’s short life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the stories often left out of the textbooks—the moments that truly defined a rising nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFort Mims Massacre:\u003c\/b\u003e The bloody frontier battle that shocked the nation, sparked a brutal war against the Creek Nation, and launched the military career of Andrew Jackson.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Daring Slave Rebellion:\u003c\/b\u003e The forgotten story of Madison Washington, an escaped slave who led a successful revolt aboard the brig \u003ci\u003eCreole\u003c\/i\u003e, seizing freedom for more than 100 people and creating an international crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Second Seminole War:\u003c\/b\u003e A decades-long guerilla war in the swamps of Florida where runaway slaves and Seminole warriors joined forces to fight the U.S. Army to a bloody stalemate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnti-Immigrant Riots:\u003c\/b\u003e The shocking sectarian violence of the Philadelphia 'Bible Riots,' a forgotten chapter of American intolerance where Nativist mobs burned churches in the City of Brotherly Love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eManifest Destiny's Power Couple:\u003c\/b\u003e The intertwined journey of explorer John C. Frémont and his brilliant wife Jessie Benton Frémont, whose ambition and adventures helped push America's borders to the Pacific.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46827254022399,"sku":"9780061118210","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780061118210_s600x595.jpg?v=1779895879","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780061118210","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}