{"product_id":"george-rogers-clark-i-glory-in-war-9780806142944","title":"George Rogers Clark: \"I Glory in War\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Rogers Clark (17521818) led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and British in the Ohio Valley during the American Revolution  but his most astonishing coup was recapturing Fort Sackville in 1779  when he was only twenty-six. For eighteen days  in the dead of winter  Clark and his troops marched through bone-chilling nights to reach the fort. With a deft mix of guile and violence  Clark led his men to triumph  without losing a single soldier. Although historians have ranked him among the greatest rebel commanders  Clarks name is all but forgotten today. William R. Nester resurrects the story of Clarks triumphs and his downfall in this  the first full biography of the man in more than fifty years. Nester attributes Clarks successes to his drive and daring  good luck  charisma  and intellect. Born of a distinguished Virginia family  Clark wielded an acute understanding of human nature  both as a commander and as a diplomat. His interest in the natural world was an inspiration to lifelong friend Thomas Jefferson  who asked him in 1784 to lead a cross-country expedition to the Pacific and back. Clark turned Jefferson down. Two decades later  his youngest brother  William  would become the Clark celebrated as a member of the Corps of Discovery.  By the beginning of the nineteenth century  though  George Rogers Clark may not have been fit to command any expedition. After the revolution  he raged against the government and pledged fealty to other nations  leading to his arrest under the Sedition Act. The inner demons that fueled Clarks anger also drove him to excessive drinking. He died at the age of sixty-five  bitter  crippled  and alcoholic. He was  Nester shows  a self-destructive hero: a volatile  multidimensional man whose glorying in war ultimately engaged him in conflicts far removed from the battlefield and against himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67932776103989,"sku":"ByrdShop_0806142944","price":345.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780806142944.jpg?v=1794230307","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/george-rogers-clark-i-glory-in-war-9780806142944","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}