{"product_id":"a-brave-and-cunning-prince-the-great-chief-opechancanough-and-the-war-for-america","title":"A Brave and Cunning Prince by James Horn","description":"\u003ch1\u003eA Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America by James Horn\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe extraordinary story of the Powhatan chief who waged a lifelong struggle to drive European settlers from his homeland\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-sixteenth century, \u003cstrong\u003eSpanish explorers in the Chesapeake Bay kidnapped an Indian child and took him back to Spain\u003c\/strong\u003e and subsequently to Mexico. The boy converted to Catholicism and after nearly a decade was able to return to his land with a group of Jesuits to establish a mission. Shortly after arriving, \u003cstrong\u003ehe organized a war party that killed them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the years that followed, \u003cstrong\u003eOpechancanough (as the English called him),\u003c\/strong\u003e helped establish the most powerful chiefdom in the mid-Atlantic region. When English settlers founded Virginia in 1607, he fought tirelessly to drive them away, leading to a series of wars that spanned the next forty years\u003cstrong\u003e—the first Anglo-Indian wars in America—\u003c\/strong\u003eand came close to destroying the colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA Brave and Cunning Prince\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to chronicle the life of this remarkable chief, exploring his early experiences of European society and his long struggle to save his people from conquest.\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50292630552891,"sku":"0465038905","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/15325223482353.jpg?v=1747222141","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/a-brave-and-cunning-prince-the-great-chief-opechancanough-and-the-war-for-america","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}