A brutal reckoning, Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South, Peter Cozzens
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A brutal reckoning, Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South, Peter Cozzens
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A brutal reckoning
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1330202512
Responsibility statement
Peter Cozzens
Sub title
Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South
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
Table Of 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 emergency 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
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Indigenous interest
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Military leadership
- Indians, Treatment of -- Southern States
- Creek War, 1813-1814 + Campaigns
- Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- Creek War, 1813-1814
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject8
- Indigenous interest
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Military leadership
- Indians, Treatment of -- Southern States
- Creek War, 1813-1814 + Campaigns
- Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History
- United States -- Territorial expansion
- Creek War, 1813-1814
- Content2
- Author1
- Mapped to1