{"title":"Winston Groom","description":"Winston Groom is the author of twenty previous books, including Forrest Gump, Conversations with the Enemy (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Shiloh 1862, and The Generals. He served in Vietnam with the Fourth Infantry Division and lives in Point Clear, Alabama.","products":[{"product_id":"patriotic-fire-andrew-jackson-and-jean-laffite-at-the-battle-of-new-orleans-paperback","title":"Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecember 1814: its economy in tatters, its capital city of Washington, D.C., burnt to the ground, a young America was again at war with the militarily superior English crown. 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When his fantastic expedition ended a year and two-thousand miles later, the nation had doubled in size and now stretched from Atlantic to Pacific, fulfilling what many saw as its unique destiny. Kearny's March has all the stuff of great narrative history: hardships on the trail, wild Indians, famous mountain men, international conflict and political intrigue, personal dramas, gold rushes and land-grabs. 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