{"product_id":"tales-from-a-revolution-bacons-rebellion-and-the-transformation-of-early-america-new-narratives-in-american-history-9780195386950","title":"Tales from a Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America (New Narratives in American History)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1676  Nathaniel Bacon  a hotheaded young newcomer to Virginia  led a revolt against the colonys Indian policies. Bacons Rebellion turned into a civil war within Virginia--and a war of extermination against the colonys Indian allies--that lasted into the following winter  sending shock waves throughout the British colonies and into England itself.  James Rice offers a colorfully detailed account of the rebellion  revealing how Piscataways  English planters  slave traders  Susquehannocks  colonial officials  plunderers and intriguers were all pulled into an escalating conflict whose outcome  month by month  remained uncertain. In Rices rich narrative  the lead characters come to life: the powerful  charismatic Governor Berkeley  the sorrowful Susquehannock warrior Monges  the wiley Indian trader and tobacco planter William Byrd  the regal Pamunkey chieftain Cockacoeske  and the rebel leader himself  Nathaniel Bacon. The dark  slender Bacon  born into a prominent family  soon earned a reputation in America as imperious  ambitious  and arrogant. But the colonial leaders did not foresee how rash and headstrong Nathaniel Bacon could be  nor how adept he would prove to be at both inciting colonists and alienating Indians. As the tense drama unfolds  it becomes apparent that the struggle between Governor Berkeley and the impetuous Bacon is nothing less than a battle over the soul of America. Bacon died in the midst of the uprising and Governor Berkeley shortly afterwards  but the profoundly important issues at the heart of the rebellion took another generation to resolve.  The late seventeenth century was a pivotal moment in American history  full of upheavals and far-flung conspiracies. Tales From a Revolution brilliantly captures the swirling rumors and central events of Bacons Rebellion and its aftermath  weaving them into a dramatic tale that is part of the founding story of America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648071393333,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195386957","price":45.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195386950.jpg?v=1781708573","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tales-from-a-revolution-bacons-rebellion-and-the-transformation-of-early-america-new-narratives-in-american-history-9780195386950","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}