{"product_id":"american-scoundrel-paperback","title":"American Scoundrel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Keneally\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was indeed stranger than fiction. Throughout his life he exhibited the kind of exuberant charm and lack of scruple that wins friends, seduces women, and gets people killed. In \u003cb\u003eAmerican Scoundrel \u003c\/b\u003eThomas Keneally, the acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ecreates a biography that is as lively and engrossing as its subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan Sickles was a member of Congress, led a controversial charge at Gettysburg, and had an affair with the deposed Queen of Spain--among many other women. But the most startling of his many exploits was his murder of Philip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key), the lover of his long-suffering and neglected wife, Teresa. The affair, the crime, and the trial contained all the ingredients of melodrama needed to ensure that it was the scandal of the age. At the trial's end, Sickles was acquitted and hardly chastened. His life, in which outrage and accomplishment had equal force, is a compelling American tale, told with the skill of a master narrative.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was indeed stranger than fiction. Throughout his life he exhibited the kind of exuberant charm and lack of scruple that wins friends, seduces women, and gets people killed. In American Scoundrel Thomas Keneally, the acclaimed author of Schindler's List,\" creates a biography that is as lively and engrossing as its subject. \u003cbr\u003eDan Sickles was a member of Congress, led a controversial charge at Gettysburg, and had an affair with the deposed Queen of Spain--among many other women. But the most startling of his many exploits was his murder of Philip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key), the lover of his long-suffering and neglected wife, Teresa. The affair, the crime, and the trial contained all the ingredients of melodrama needed to ensure that it was the scandal of the age. At the trial's end, Sickles was acquitted and hardly chastened. His life, in which outrage and accomplishment had equal force, is a compelling American tale, told with the skill of a master narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Keneally has won international acclaim for his novels \u003cb\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/b\u003e (the basis for the movie and winner of the Booker Prize), \u003cb\u003eThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, The Playmaker, Woman of the Inner Sea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cb\u003eA River Town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand for his work of nonfiction \u003cb\u003eThe Great Shame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Sydney, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.02 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685597941823,"sku":"9780385722254","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/28d1d31565487a06ac33c516d6163046.webp?v=1764971609","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/american-scoundrel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}