{"product_id":"9781250247131","title":"Blood and Treasure : Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBlood and Treasure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Bob Drury, Tom Clavin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Besteller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNational Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[The] authors’ finest work to date.\" —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power—Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the setting of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Treasure,\u003c\/i\u003e and the guide to this epic narrative is America’s first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boone—not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women who witnessed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America’s “First Frontier” that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlood and Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterfully researched saga.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Gazette\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bob Drury and Tom Clavin together have given us a half-dozen elegantly written narratives of exhilarating episodes in American history. [Blood and Treasure] may be the authors’ finest work to date. Redolent of time and place, a raw and rugged tale.” —\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For anyone who loves the adventurous side of American history, “Blood and Treasure” is a gem. It’s full of action, thorough and wide. Seek out this treasure and you won’t be disappointed.\" —Terri Schlichenmeyer for the\u003ci\u003e Wyoming Tribune Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, challenge conventional wisdom about an American origin story and, in the process, weave a tale fit for the big screen.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Free Beacon    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clavin and Drury return with an enlightening biography of Daniel Boone set against the backdrop of 18th-century America’s conflicts with England and Native tribes. [They] successfully separate fact from fiction while keeping the pages turning. History buffs will be entertained.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Popular historians Drury and Clavin deliver a ripsnortin’ tale of the early frontier and its first and most powerful legend. [\u003ci\u003eBlood and Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e] offers a vivid account of Boone’s frontier years, one that may not be for the faint of heart.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the work of Drury and Clavin:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A ripping yarn.” —Laura Miller, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vivid…Lively…A tale of lies, trickery, and brutal slaughter.” —Christopher Corbett, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A page-turner…the narrative has a remarkable immediacy.” —Kate Tuttle, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exquisitely told…remarkably detailed.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with an overabundance of details ...\" —Dallas Morning News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drury and Clavin have now given us the fullest and most readable account ... against which all subsequent efforts must be measured.\" —Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The word 'epic' is overused these days. Not here. This is big, blazing history writ large.\" —S.C. Gwynne, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Summer Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250247131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40781100679374,"sku":"9781250247131","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9662f6ef-af70-4681-a73f-d8373ba1264d.jpg?v=1643198534","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250247131","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}