{"product_id":"9781611790504","title":"Six Who Dared: The Lives of Six Great Soldiers of Fortune","description":"Six Who Dared outlines the lives of six of the most daring, most outrageous, most endearing soldiers of fortune in history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Walker: If comfortable careers in law, medicine and the church bore you, perhaps you should consider invading various countries with a handful of men until you can eventually become president of one? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRonald Douglas: Born into wealth, married into even more, Douglas died broke—and as a hero in eighteen countries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Hardin-Hickey: When you come across an uninhabited island in the Atlantic, why not declare it a kingdom and yourself as its king—at least until England decides she wants the place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinston Churchill: What better way for a young man to see action than to become a war correspondent, serve in numerous campaigns, get captured, and stage one of the most daring escapes in history? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilo McGiffin: When you graduate near the bottom of your class at the U.S. Naval Academy and your own country won’t even give you a commission, what else is there to do but command a squadron of Chinese battleships and become commandant of their naval academy? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrederick Burnham: Just your basic story of how a city boy from Pasadena, CA grows up to be the the finest scout in Africa, and have more hair-raising adventures than Indiana Jones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A powerful and original writer.” - Theodore Roosevelt","brand":"Fireship Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182269284592,"sku":"9781611790504","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611790504_p0.jpg?v=1763841117","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611790504","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}