{"product_id":"blood-and-treasure-daniel-boone-and-the-fight-for-americas-first-frontier-9781250247155","title":"Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Besteller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNational Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[The] authors' finest work to date.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power--Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's \"First Frontier\" beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the setting of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Treasure, \u003c\/i\u003e and the guide to this epic narrative is America's first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boone--not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women who witnessed it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America's \"First Frontier\" that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-92817\"\u003eBob Drury\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11766526\"\u003eTom Clavin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250247155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250247152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036020\"\u003eUnited States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036030\"\u003eUnited States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOB DRURY and TOM CLAVIN are the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling authors of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hill, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eBlood and Treasure;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Everything That Is; Lucky 666; Halsey's Typhoon; Last Men Out; Valley Forge\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stand of Fox Company, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Award. They live in Manasquan, New Jersey, and Sag Harbor, New York, respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704467034349,"sku":"9781250247155","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b1e6d6b0-59be-44a8-bc8d-31a34d102cec.jpg?v=1747453100","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/blood-and-treasure-daniel-boone-and-the-fight-for-americas-first-frontier-9781250247155","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}