{"product_id":"bull-run-tony-squire-9780645713213","title":"Bull Run: The Road to Manassas","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1861, two seventeen year olds - one fleeing bondage, the other fleeing home - cross paths on the road to New York and forge an unlikely bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbe, a runaway slave, and Murph, a boy escaping a brutal father, enlist in the 69\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e New York, the Irish militia regiment marching to war. Under the guidance of Finn, a former British soldier and veteran of the Crimean War, they learn the discipline and hardship of soldiering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut nothing prepares them for Bull Run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the fields around the stream at Manassas they face the chaos of the first great battle of the Civil War - confusion, terror, and the sudden collapse of every illusion they carried with them. In the smoke and panic of the retreat, they witness the moment when both North and South realise the war will not be settled by a single clash, but by a long, costly struggle neither side had imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Squire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 064571321X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645713213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Squire Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.66d","brand":"Tony Squire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665489957119,"sku":"9780645713213","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_067c54c1-fdd4-42fa-abbd-5cd0d3ff314c.jpg?v=1792012239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bull-run-tony-squire-9780645713213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}