{"product_id":"forging-valor-george-washington-signed-copy","title":"Forging Valor: George Washington — Signed Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore he was a general. Before he was a president. He was a boy who learned to choose the hard right over the easy wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eIf you've followed KC Cattle Company for any length of time, you know our founder Pat Montgomery doesn't do watered-down versions of anything — not food, and not history. \u003cem\u003eForging Valor: George Washington — Before He Crossed the Delaware\u003c\/em\u003e is the book he wrote for his own four kids: a historically grounded picture book about how an imperfect, hot-tempered, unremarkable boy was forged into the man who refused a crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eAcross thirteen illustrated chapters, each closing on a single forged virtue, children meet the real Washington — the eleven-year-old who lost his father and got to work, the young officer whose mistakes cost lives and who carried those names the rest of his life, the general who froze alongside his men at Valley Forge, and the leader who did the hardest thing of all: gave the power back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a hero myth. It covers his failures, his temper, and the contradiction of slavery honestly and at a level children ages 6–10 can absorb — because Pat believes the question every parent has to answer is this: \u003cem\u003edo we want to raise good children, or do we want to raise resilient and capable adults?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand-signed by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e — Pat Montgomery, former U.S. Army Ranger and founder of KC Cattle Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThirteen illustrated chapters, each anchored to a virtue: courage, responsibility, determination, bravery, audacity, selflessness, duty, growth, faith, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWritten for ages 6–10 to read together — and honest enough that parents get something out of it too\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDedicated to six fallen soldiers, including SSG Jeremy A. Katzenberger, Pat's closest friend and Ranger brother\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBook One in the Forging Valor series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n \n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You have two choices in this world. The hard right, or the easy wrong.\" — the words a Special Forces veteran gave Pat as a young man, and the thesis of every page in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Forging Valor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378036174947,"sku":"FVGW","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1920\/4589\/files\/GeorgeWashingtonForge.png?v=1784565877","url":"https:\/\/kccattlecompany.com\/products\/forging-valor-george-washington-signed-copy","provider":"KC Cattle Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}