{"product_id":"a-brave-and-cunning-prince-the-great-chief-opechancanough-and-the-war-for-america-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Horn is the president of Jamestown Rediscovery. He is author and editor of eight books on colonial America, including \u003ci\u003e1619\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Land as God Made It\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Richmond, Virginia. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448199581970,"sku":"9780465038909","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1271050b-69d2-4599-90ca-c6803d7a33db.jpg?v=1729729346","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brave-and-cunning-prince-the-great-chief-opechancanough-and-the-war-for-america-9780465038909","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}