A Brutal Reckoning
Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxii, 434 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Military leadership.
Creek War, 1813-1814.
Creek War, 1813-1814 -- Campaigns.
Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History.
Indians, Treatment of -- Southern States.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Military leadership.
Creek War, 1813-1814.
Creek War, 1813-1814 -- Campaigns.
Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Creek Indians -- Southern States -- History.
Indians, Treatment of -- Southern States.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
ISBN:
9780525659457
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Includes bibliographical references and index.