{"product_id":"the-undiscovered-country-by-paul-andrew-hutton-9781524746148","title":"The Undiscovered Country","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Top Ten Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTrue West Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWestern Heritage Award for \"Outstanding Nonfiction Book\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Historical Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Apache Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Undiscovered Country\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHutton 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe American frontier movement has proven eternally fascinating around the world—the subject of countless books, paintings, poems, television shows, and films. \u003cem\u003eThe Undiscovered Country\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the truth behind America's great creation myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976839348460,"sku":"9781524746148","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781524746148-the-undiscovered-country.jpg?v=1784700982","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-undiscovered-country-by-paul-andrew-hutton-9781524746148","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}