{"product_id":"the-undiscovered-country-triumph-tragedy-and-the-shaping-of-the-american-west-9781524746131","title":"The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Apache Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The epic of the American West became a tale of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that came to shape the identity of a new nation. Over time a darker story emerged--one of ghastly violence and environmental spoliation that stained this identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Country\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the layers of myth to reveal the true story of this first epoch of American history. From the forests of Pennsylvania and Kentucky to the snow-crested California Sierras, and from the harsh deserts of the Southwest to the buffalo range of the Great Plains, Paul Andrew Hutton masterfully chronicles a story that defined America and its people. From Braddock's 1755 defeat to the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, he unfolds a grand narrative steeped in romantic impulses and tragic consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hutton uses seven main protagonists--Daniel Boone, Red Eagle, Davy Crockett, Mangas Coloradas, Kit Carson, Sitting Bull, and William \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody--as the biographical threads by which to weave a tapestry across seven generations, revealing a story of heroic conquest and dark tragedy, of sacrifice and greed, and of man-made wonders and environmental ruin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The American frontier movement has proven eternally fascinating around the world--the subject of countless books, paintings, poems, television shows, and films. \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Country \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the truth behind America's great creation myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Andrew Hutton\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Apache Wars. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is an American cultural historian, author, documentary writer, and television personality. He is also a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, a former executive director of the Western History Association, and former president of the Western Writers of America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552941179154,"sku":"9781524746131","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac1f8ac8-8c7b-459b-9a98-4b41fe3ce4ce.jpg?v=1754914155","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-undiscovered-country-triumph-tragedy-and-the-shaping-of-the-american-west-9781524746131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}