{"product_id":"the-first-last-stand-the-bloody-climax-and-lasting-legacy-of-americas-first-war-9798218704605","title":"The First Last Stand: The Bloody Climax and Lasting Legacy of America's First War","description":"\u003cp\u003eOUTNUMBERED. OUTFOUGHT. OUTGENERALED.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiercce's Fight: The true story of a forgotten battle in an almost-forgotten war.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1676, a company of colonial militia walked into a Native American ambush and were annihilated. It was the greatest Native victory and English defeat in America's first and bloodiest war. The peace between the Puritans and the Natives, that had endured since the arrival of the Mayflower, was shattered and reduced to ashes and blood. Policies to eliminate the native population, acquire their land and enslave them by the thousands over the next two centuries took root in King Philip's War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a new way of looking at our shared history, re-examination of \u003cem\u003eThe First Last Stand \u003c\/em\u003esheds greater understanding of how Anglo and Native American relations were changed forever by King Philip's War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBriggs, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Author William Briggs is an Emeritus California State University Dean of communications and author of three previous volumes of California history: BADASS LAWMAN, THAT PIRATE BOUCHARD and THE STAR, THE SAINT AND THE CITY. He lives in Morgan Hill, CA.","brand":"William Briggs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589811011858,"sku":"9798218704605","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20048c5e-80ec-43d3-8439-d00f50790271.jpg?v=1756807768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-first-last-stand-the-bloody-climax-and-lasting-legacy-of-americas-first-war-9798218704605","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}