{"product_id":"a-nation-rising-paperback","title":"A Nation Rising - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth C. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dramatic period from 1800 through 1850, the United States went from a tiny newborn nation on the Atlantic seaboard to a near-empire that spanned the continent. But America's path to nationhood was vastly more complex than the tidily packaged national myth of a destiny made manifest by visionary political leaders and fearless pioneers. In \u003cem\u003eA Nation Rising\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis offers fascinating, intertwining stories about historical episodes whose great issues--ambition, power, territorial expansion, slavery, intolerance, civil rights, freedom of the press--reverberate to this day, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAaron Burr's 1807 trial, culminating in one of our nation's first media circuses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1813 Indian uprising and ensuing massacre, exposing the powerful conflicts at the heart of America's expansion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mutiny aboard the slave ship \u003cem\u003eCreole\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrating how the institution of slavery both destroyed lives and warped our nation's founding \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe bloody Bible Riots in Philadelphia, erupting in an early episode of deadly anti-immigrant sentiment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEye-opening history and riveting storytelling, \u003cem\u003eA Nation Rising\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful reminder of the ways in which our past continues to shape our present. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dramatic period from 1800 through 1850, the United States went from a tiny newborn nation on the Atlantic seaboard to a near-empire that spanned the continent. But America's path to nationhood was vastly more complex than the tidily packaged national myth of a destiny made manifest by visionary political leaders and fearless pioneers. In \u003cem\u003eA Nation Rising\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis offers fascinating, intertwining stories about historical episodes whose great issues--ambition, power, territorial expansion, slavery, intolerance, civil rights, freedom of the press--reverberate to this day, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAaron Burr's 1807 trial, culminating in one of our nation's first media circuses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1813 Indian uprising and ensuing massacre, exposing the powerful conflicts at the heart of America's expansion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mutiny aboard the slave ship \u003cem\u003eCreole\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrating how the institution of slavery both destroyed lives and warped our nation's founding \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe bloody \"Bible Riots\" in Philadelphia, erupting in an early episode of deadly anti-immigrant sentiment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEye-opening history and riveting storytelling, \u003cem\u003eA Nation Rising\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful reminder of the ways in which our past continues to shape our present. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.96 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52635264614707,"sku":"9780061118210","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9mAHmO73n_9780061118210.webp?v=1784191781","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-nation-rising-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}