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Book SynopsisAmerican Bloods is an unflinching history of our nation . . . This is a breakout book for John Kaagthe natural extension of his genre-defining writing. Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Kaag has a knack of stumbling upon treasures . . . The result is a thrilling and illuminating tale. John Banville, The New Statesman
A history of a family spanning centuries and continentsone that unfolds into a new portrait of America.
The Bloods were one of America's first and most expansive pioneer families. They explored and laid claim to the frontiersgeographic, political, intellectual, and spiritualthat would become the very core of the United States. John Kaag's American Bloods is the account of a remarkable American family, of its participation in the making of a nation, and of how its members embodied the elusive ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. Inspire
