{"product_id":"the-undiscovered-country-9781524746131","title":"The Undiscovered Country","description":"By: Paul Andrew Hutton     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTrue West Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the Year\u003cbr\u003eWestern Heritage Award for \"Outstanding Nonfiction Book\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Apache Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe epic of the American West became a tale of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that came to shape the identity of a new nation. Over time a darker story emerged—one of ghastly violence and environmental spoliation that stained this identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Country\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the layers of myth to reveal the true story of this first epoch of American history. From the forests of Pennsylvania and Kentucky to the snow-crested California Sierras, and from the harsh deserts of the Southwest to the buffalo range of the Great Plains, Paul Andrew Hutton masterfully chronicles a story that defined America and its people. From Braddock’s 1755 defeat to the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, he unfolds a grand narrative steeped in romantic impulses and tragic consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHutton uses seven main protagonists—Daniel Boone, Red Eagle, Davy Crockett, Mangas Coloradas, Kit Carson, Sitting Bull, and William “Buffalo Bill” Cody—as the biographical threads by which to weave a tapestry across seven generations, revealing a story of heroic conquest and dark tragedy, of sacrifice and greed, and of man-made wonders and environmental ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe American frontier movement has proven eternally fascinating around the world—the subject of countless books, paintings, poems, television shows, and films. \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Country \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the truth behind America’s great creation myth.","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":45914179043555,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781524746131","price":224.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781524746131.jpg?v=1748565772","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/the-undiscovered-country-9781524746131","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}