{"product_id":"a-nation-rising-untold-tales-from-americas-hidden-history-isbn-9780061118210","title":"A Nation Rising: Untold Tales from America's Hidden History","description":"\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 | \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 | \u003cp\u003ePraise for America’s Hidden History:  “American history in the vibrant narrative tradition of David McCullough.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRon Powers, author of Flags of Our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paul Revere didn’t shout out, ‘The British Are Coming’ as he galloped through the night on his famous ride. What did he actually say? Read Kenneth Davis’s ‘Hidden History’ and you’ll find out. You’ll learn lots more, too, in this engaging book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoy Hakim, author of A History of US\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Davis’ engaging treatment is spicy but judicious . . . the book is far superior to standard high-school treatments, and a valuable reference for students young and old.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: “[P]uts the zest back in history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With his special gift for revealing the significance of neglected historical characters, Kenneth Davis creates a multi-layered, haunting narrative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRay Raphael, author of Founders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Davis is a fine writer who uses a fast-moving narrative to tell these stories well... This is an informative and enjoyable work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887732519141,"sku":"NP9780061118210","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061118210.jpg?v=1730227342","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-nation-rising-untold-tales-from-americas-hidden-history-isbn-9780061118210","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}