{"title":"John Sedgwick","description":"John Sedgwick is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Blood Moon; War of Two, his acclaimed account of the duel between Hamilton and Burr; two novels; and the family memoir In My Blood. A longtime contributor to GQ, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and The Atlantic, he wrote the first national expose of the exploits of Whitey Bulger in GQ in 1992.","products":[{"product_id":"blood-moon-an-american-epic-of-war-and-splendor-in-the-cherokee-nation-paperback","title":"Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing untold story from the nineteenth century--a \"riveting...engrossing...'American Epic'\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and necessary work of history that reads like \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e for the Cherokee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A vigorous, well-written book that distills a complex history to a clash between two men without oversimplifying\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eBlood Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States through the infamous Trail of Tears and into the Civil War. Their enmity would lead to war, forced removal from their homeland, and the devastation of a once-proud nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the men, known as The Ridge--short for He Who Walks on Mountaintops--is a fearsome warrior who speaks no English, but whose exploits on the battlefield are legendary. The other, John Ross, is descended from Scottish traders and looks like one: a pale, unimposing half-pint who wears modern clothes and speaks not a word of Cherokee. At first, the two men are friends and allies who negotiate with almost every American president from George Washington through Abraham Lincoln. But as the threat to their land and their people grows more dire, they break with each other on the subject of removal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBlood Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, John Sedgwick restores the Cherokee to their rightful place in American history in a dramatic saga that informs much of the country's mythic past today. Fueled by meticulous research in contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts--and Sedgwick's own extensive travels within Cherokee lands from the Southeast to Oklahoma--it is \"a wild ride of a book--fascinating, chilling, and enlightening--that explains the removal of the Cherokee as one of the central dramas of our country\" (Ian Frazier, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Populated with heroes and scoundrels of all varieties, this is a richly evocative portrait of the Cherokee that is destined to become the defining book on this extraordinary people.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367050838239,"sku":"9781501128691","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kvREZU7qVC9781501128691.webp?v=1789102267"},{"product_id":"war-of-two-alexander-hamilton-aaron-burr-and-the-duel-that-stunned-the-nation-paperback","title":"War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1804, two of America's most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWar of Two\u003c\/i\u003e, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other's ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide--and define--the future of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to former Speaker of the House Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men, and the author's own ancestor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. 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Martin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA propulsive and panoramic history of one of the most dramatic stories never told--the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leaders of the Santa Fe and the Rio Grande to seize, control, and create the American West.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is difficult to imagine now, but for all its gorgeous scenery, the American West might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew well into the 19th century. While the West was advertised as a paradise on earth to citizens in the East and Midwest, many believed the journey too hazardous to be worthwhile--until 1869, when the first transcontinental railroad changed the face of transportation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRailroad companies soon became the rulers of western expansion, choosing routes, creating brand-new railroad towns, and building up remote settlements like Santa Fe, Albuquerque, San Diego, and El Paso into proper cities. But thinning federal grants left the routes incomplete, an opportunity that two brash new railroad men, armed with private investments and determination to build an empire across the Southwest clear to the Pacific, soon seized, leading to the greatest railroad war in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFrom the River to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author John Sedgwick recounts, in vivid and thrilling detail, the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the \"little family\" of his Rio Grande, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in Colorado soon evolves into an all-out battle as each man tries to outdo the other--claiming exclusive routes through mountains, narrow passes, and the richest silver mines in the world; enlisting private armies to protect their land and lawyers to find loopholes; dispatching spies to gain information; and even using the power of the press and incurring the wrath of the God-like Robber Baron Jay Gould--to emerge victorious. By the end of the century, one man will fade into anonymity and disgrace. 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