{"product_id":"the-second-greatest-american-hardcover","title":"The Second Greatest American - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary wartime incident at Fort Stevens fascinates us. Pause for a minute and just think about it. A twenty-three-year-old American soldier screams at the president of the United States in the midst of a battle, calls him a damned fool, and gets him out of harm's way. And then, with bullets whizzing by, they both proceed as if nothing unusual happened. All in a day's work. Nothing special. No medal, no White House ceremony, no photo op. Nothing. What a scene! It is almost too fantastic, too dramatic to be real, too amazing to be true. A movie director like Steven Spielberg could do wonders with it. Imagine the cinematic possibilities. Daniel Day-Lewis could reprise his role as Lincoln, and Jake Gyllenhaal or Ryan Gosling could play the youthful Holmes. It would be a box office hit, a patriotic classic, and what Variety would call socko boffo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67945047982303,"sku":"9781524694012","price":48.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/L3vjlff_99781524694012.webp?v=1791489144","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-second-greatest-american-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}