{"product_id":"9781944648077","title":"The Blood of Patriots: How I Took Down an Anti-Government Militia with Beer, Bounty Hunting, and Badassery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Bill Fulton arrived in Alaska, he was filled with optimism and big dreams. When he left, it was under FBI escort.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill was Army Infantry. When his knees gave out, he opened the Drop Zone, a military surplus store in Anchorage, and started hiring fellow vets. Sharpshooting hippies, crew-cutted fundamentalists, PTSD sufferers—all seeking purpose and direction. Alaska gave it to them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last Frontier is vast. The perfect refuge for fugitives and the perfect place for vets itching for a mission, Alaska is a giant icebox full of people either running to or away from something. More than 400 fugitives would meet Bill and company on the wrong side of a gun, and he would learn many lessons along the way—like even tiptoeing through subzero snow can get you shot, and removing a gun from the butt crack of a 300-pound man is just as fun as it sounds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill was enjoying the ride until, one day, the FBI asked him to go undercover, and his road forked. Schaeffer Cox was a sovereign citizen who believed no government had authority over him and a private militia commander amassing an arsenal and plotting to kill judges and law enforcement officers. Bill’s mission: to take down Cox and his militia without a shot being fired.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blood of Patriots \u003c\/em\u003etraverses a wide swath of rugged territory. Raucously funny and stark, it depicts men, once brothers in arms serving their country, who now find themselves on opposite sides of those arms in a deadly test of the intricacies of liberty, the proper role of government, and the true meaning of patriotism. It offers a witty and unsettling look at political rhetoric gone haywire and a movement the FBI considers the single greatest threat to law enforcement in the nation—all set in the beautiful, terrifying landscape of our 49th State.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benbella Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033640157424,"sku":"9781944648077","price":18.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944648077_p0.jpg?v=1763804692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944648077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}