{"product_id":"kingdom-of-devils-a-tale-of-murder-in-the-shadow-of-the-american-revolution","title":"Kingdom Of Devils: A Tale Of Murder In The Shadow Of The American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chilling True Story Of A Brutal String Of Deaths On The PostRevolutionary Frontier That Reveal The Violence At The Heart Of The Young United Stateskentucky, 1798: A Harrowing Series Of Murders Begins. The First Body, Discovered By Cattle Drovers, Lies Bloody At The Bottom Of A Ridge. Then AnotherA Dead Boy Staring Up From A Sinkhole. Bodies Turn Up Along Roadsides, Stuffed Into Brush. They Float To The Surface Of Muddy Brooks. For Nine Terrifying Months, Over Hundreds Of Miles Of Kentucky And Tennessee Countryside, The Terror Unfolds. The KillersTwo Men With A Hazy BackgroundAre Brothers, Named Wiley And Micajah Harp.The Harps Killed Dozens, But Why They Did It Has Eluded Folklorists And Historians For Generations. Almost Every Story Imagines Their Motive Was Pure Bloodlust: But For Historian Katherine Grandjean, ThatS Too Simple. Instead, She Uses The Harp Murders To Reveal The Dark Side Of The Early United StatesS Independence. These Were Uncertain And Dangerous YearsA Time When The Fledgling Federal Government Could Do Little To Protect Its Citizens. And If The Revolution Was Liberating, It Was Also Deeply Destabilizing, Politically And Socially. Even As It Built Up Some Men, It Stacked The Deck Against Others, Propelling Them Into The Punishments Of Volatile Markets And Lost Safety Nets And Shattered Aspirations. Unspooling The Mystery Of What Sent The Harps Reeling Exposes The Hidden, Violent Legacies Of The American Revolution.Bristling With Tense, PageTurning StorytellingAnd Driven By A HistorianS Obsessive Detective WorkKingdom Of Devils Recovers These LongForgotten Murders As A Haunting Tale About The Darkness At The Heart Of The American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Books For Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957114159349,"sku":"DADAX0593729935","price":45.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91-wDmNSA1L.jpg?v=1775549213","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/kingdom-of-devils-a-tale-of-murder-in-the-shadow-of-the-american-revolution","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}