{"product_id":"born-in-1776-a-quarter-millennium-american-celebration-250-true-surprising-half-forgotten-stories-told-in-the-order-they-happened-from-a-lost-colony-in-1587-to-a-jetliner-on-the-hudson","title":"Born in 1776: A Quarter-Millennium American Celebration: 250 True, Surprising, Half-Forgotten Stories, Told in the Order They Happened - From a Lost Colony in 1587 to a Jetliner on the Hudson","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA great gift for history lovers, dads, grandfathers, veterans, teachers, trivia fans, Fourth of July hosts, Christmas shoppers, and anyone who loves the American story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e250 years. 250 true stories. One impossible country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerica was never as tidy as the textbooks made it sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in 1776\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a quarter-millennium American celebration told through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e250 true, surprising, half-forgotten stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — arranged in the order they happened, from the earliest mysteries of colonial America through the country’s 250th birthday in 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is American history with the marble polished off: stranger, braver, funnier, messier, more human, and far more interesting than the version most of us were taught.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinally — a history book that does not read like homework.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside these pages are 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