{"product_id":"the-name-of-war-king-philips-war-and-the-origins-of-american-identity-9780375702624","title":"The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBANCROFF PRIZE WINNER -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eKing Philip's War, the excruciating racial war--colonists against Indigenous peoples--that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history. Some even argued that the massacres and outrages on both sides were too horrific to \"deserve the name of a war.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe war's brutality compelled the colonists to defend themselves against accusations that they had become savages. But Jill Lepore makes clear that it was after the war--and because of it--that the boundaries between cultures, hitherto blurred, turned into rigid ones. King Philip's War became one of the most written-about wars in our history, and Lepore argues that the words strengthened and hardened feelings that, in turn, strengthened and hardened the enmity between Indigenous peoples and Anglos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTelling the story of what may have been the bitterest of American conflicts, and its reverberations over the centuries, Lepore has enabled us to see how the ways in which we remember past events are as important in their effect on our history as were the events themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJILL LEPORE\u003c\/b\u003e is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker. \u003c\/i\u003eHer books include the \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e best seller \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Wonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBook of Ages, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726078415122,"sku":"9780375702624","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_588b5c24-ef98-4002-811b-f59eeea976b6.jpg?v=1734853716","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-name-of-war-king-philips-war-and-the-origins-of-american-identity-9780375702624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}