{"product_id":"the-land-beyond-the-mountains-paperback","title":"The Land Beyond the Mountains - 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\u003eJanice Holt Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth novel of the Kentucky frontier, Giles combines her fascination for the past with her gift for storytelling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad it not been for the loyalty of men like Giles's fictional hero, Major Cassius Cartwright, General James Wilkinson's 1783 attempt to create a Spanish empire in the West might have succeeded. Interwoven with the Spanish Conspiracy are tales of struggles with Indians, of the birth of a Green River Valley town, and of the two women Cass loves: Rachel, a gentle Quaker, and Tattie, a fiery waif he rescues from Philadelphia slums. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Giles's earlier historical novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Land Beyond the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging story of adventure and romance. First published in 1958, this reprint gives Giles fans another lively piece of Kentucky's frontier history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJanice Holt Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in\u003ci\u003e Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her fourth novel of the Kentucky frontier, Janice Holt Giles tells the story of the Spanish Conspiracy, General James Wilkinson's 1783 plan to detach Kentucky from the United States and make it the nucleus of a Spanish empire in the West. Had it not been for the loyalty and determination of men like Giles's fictional hero, Major Cassius Cartwright, Wilkinson's attempt might have succeeded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.42 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453881192685,"sku":"9780813108483","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-land-beyond-the-mountains-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}