{"product_id":"american-pie-paperback","title":"American Pie - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Baughman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong my ancestors, first on my mother's side, then my father's, are a Mohawk Indian chief and the burgermeister of a northern German village. Thayendanegea, aka Joseph Brant, fought valiantly against the Americans in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1807, and a Canadian general hospital in Burlington, Ontario carries his name today. I never learned the burgermeister's name. As a boy growing up in western Pennsylvania my grandparents explained to me that he had been shot to death in 1935, two years before I was born, for publicly speaking out against Adolph Hitler. The chief and the burgermeister inspired me to write what will likely be my last work of fiction, American Pie. I believe the novel to be rooted in truth about its subjects: greed, bigotry, cruelty, friendship, love and compassion, hypocrisy and politics - a grim, satirical, sometimes comic allegory speaking to our troubled world's past, present, and seemingly inevitable future. The story's major theme is expressed in the introductory epigraph, a single sentence from British philosopher Bertrand Russell: \u003cem\u003eCollective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those not regarded as members of the herd.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMB\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988984643735,"sku":"9781736872888","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/SS_2q5aREn9781736872888.webp?v=1783454544","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/american-pie-paperback","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}