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A brutal reckoning : Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South / Peter Cozzens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Military leadership.
- Jackson, Andrew.
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
- Creek War, 1813-1814.
- Creek War, 1813-1814--Campaigns.
- Creek Indians--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Creek Indians.
- Creek Indians--Southern States--History.
- Indians, Treatment of--Southern States.
- Indians, Treatment of.
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- United States.
- Command of troops.
- Military campaigns.
- Territorial expansion.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Summary:
- "From acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens, the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable United States for control over the Deep South"-- Provided by publisher.
- The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in American history. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians lead to the Creek War of 1813-1814; shattered Native American control of the Deep South; and led to the infamous Trail of Tears. The war also gave Andrew Jackson his first combat leadership row, and set him on the path to the White House. Cozzens shows how the conflict set the stage for the American Civil War, and had a significant impact on the fate of America. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- From the ashes of the Entrada
- A rope of sand
- Between three fires
- The sweets of civilization
- The hungry years
- Rise of the Red Sticks
- Civil war
- Stark mad
- Terror in the Tensaw
- The emergence of Old Hickory
- Invasion of the Tennesseans
- The Red Sticks resilient
- All we lack is powder and lead
- Tennesseans to the rear
- Jackson courts disaster
- A slow, laborious slaughter
- An elusive peace
- Betrayal at Fort Jackson
- A scalp for a scalp
- Shades of genocide.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-417) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cozzens, Peter, 1957- Brutal reckoning.
- ISBN:
- 9780525659457
- 0525659455
- 9780593082706
- 0593082702
- OCLC:
- 1330202512
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