{"product_id":"a-brave-and-cunning-prince-james-horn-9780465038909","title":"A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of the Powhatan chief who waged a lifelong struggle to drive European settlers from his homeland\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mid-sixteenth century, Spanish explorers in the Chesapeake Bay kidnapped an Indian child and took him back to Spain and subsequently to Mexico. The boy converted to Catholicism and after nearly a decade was able to return to his land with a group of Jesuits to establish a mission. Shortly after arriving, he organized a war party that killed them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years that followed, Opechancanough (as the English called him), helped establish the most powerful chiefdom in the mid-Atlantic region. When English settlers founded Virginia in 1607, he fought tirelessly to drive them away, leading to a series of wars that spanned the next forty years--the first Anglo-Indian wars in America-- and came close to destroying the colony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brave and Cunning Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to chronicle the life of this remarkable chief, exploring his early experiences of European society and his long struggle to save his people from conquest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Horn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465038905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465038909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 92","brand":"James Horn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055026598143,"sku":"9780465038909","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_979296b9-b7a4-4cca-934a-48a926c96e18.jpg?v=1685033361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-brave-and-cunning-prince-james-horn-9780465038909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}