{"product_id":"the-whiskey-rebellion-george-washington-alexander-hamilton-and-the-frontier-rebels-who-challenged-americas-newfound-sovereignty-9780743254915","title":"The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty","description":"A gripping and sensational tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, \u003ci\u003eThe Whiskey Rebellion \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the radical eighteenth-century people's movement, long ignored by historians, that contributed decisively to the establishment of federal authority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1791, on the frontier of western Pennsylvania, local gangs of insurgents with blackened faces began to attack federal officials, beating and torturing the tax collectors who attempted to collect the first federal tax ever laid on an American product--whiskey. To the hard-bitten people of the depressed and violent West, the whiskey tax paralyzed their rural economies, putting money in the coffers of already wealthy creditors and industrialists. To Alexander Hamilton, the tax was the key to industrial growth. To President Washington, it was the catalyst for the first-ever deployment of a federal army, a military action that would suppress an insurgency against the American government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an unsparing look at both Hamilton and Washington, journalist and historian William Hogeland offers a provocative, in-depth analysis of this forgotten revolution and suppression. Focusing on the battle between government and the early-American evangelical movement that advocated western secession, \u003ci\u003eThe Whiskey Rebellion \u003c\/i\u003eis an intense and insightful examination of the roots of federal power and the most fundamental conflicts that ignited--and continue to smolder--in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Hogeland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster America Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743254915","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42826747707529,"sku":"9780743254915","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_21abc519-f398-4e4e-ae2a-1e7f1e4a522c.jpg?v=1721709320","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-whiskey-rebellion-george-washington-alexander-hamilton-and-the-frontier-rebels-who-challenged-americas-newfound-sovereignty-9780743254915","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}