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Author Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author.

Title A brutal reckoning : Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South / Peter Cozzens.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3051598~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  973.5238 COZ    AVAILABLE
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Description xxii, 434 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-471) and index.
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.
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.
Subject 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 (hardcover)
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