{"title":"Robert G. Parkinson","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert G. Parkinson offers a compelling exploration of history’s darker chapters, diving deep into the complexities of power and conflict. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eHeart of American Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, illuminate the often turbulent forces shaping nations and ideologies, providing rich context for military and political struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find a meticulous examination of notorious figures and regimes in titles like \u003cem\u003eTyrants and Rogues\u003c\/em\u003e, where Parkinson delves into the nuances of leadership and the consequences of tyranny. His writings are essential for those fascinated by the intersections of history, warfare, and governance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"heart-of-american-darkness-by-robert-g-parkinson-9781324091776","title":"Heart of American Darkness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all-powerful empire was brought to bear on Native peoples?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this startlingly original work, historian Robert Parkinson presents a new account of ever-shifting encounters between white colonists and Native Americans. Drawing skilfully on Joseph Conrad's famous novella, \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, he demonstrates that imperialism in North America was neither heroic nor a perfectly planned conquest. It was, rather, as bewildering, violent, and haphazard as the European colonisation of Africa, which Conrad knew firsthand and fictionalised in his masterwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of Parkinson's story are two families whose entwined histories ended in tragedy. The family of Shickellamy, one of the most renowned Indigenous leaders of the eighteenth century, were Iroquois diplomats labouring to create a world where settlers and Native people could coexist. The Cresaps were frontiersmen who became famous throughout the colonies for their bravado, scheming, and land greed. Together, the families helped determine the fate of the British and French empires, which were battling for control of the Ohio River Valley. From the Seven Years' War to the protests over the Stamp Act to the start of the Revolutionary War, Parkinson recounts the major turning points of the era from a vantage that allows us to see them anew, and to perceive how bewildering they were to people at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the Shickellamy family, it all came to an end on April 30, 1774, when most of the clan were brutally murdered by white settlers associated with the Cresaps at a place called Yellow Creek. That horrific event became news all over the continent, and it led to war in the interior, at the very moment the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Michael Cresap, at first blamed for the massacre at Yellow Creek, would be transformed by the Revolution into a hero alongside George Washington. 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