Peter Cozzens

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A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American SouthHardcover, 25 April 2023

A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
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Print Length
464 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Knopf Publishing Group
Date Published
25 Apr 2023
ISBN-10
0525659455
ISBN-13
9780525659457

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The story of the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable, young United States for control over the Deep South--from the acclaimed historian and prize-winning author of The Earth is Weeping

The Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the Deep South and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed the southeastern Indians from their homeland. The war also gave Andrew Jackson his first combat leadership role, and his newfound popularity after defeating the Creeks would set him on the path to the White House.

In A Brutal Reckoning, Peter Cozzens vividly captures the young Jackson, describing a brilliant but harsh military commander with unbridled ambition, a taste for cruelty, and a fraught sense of honor and duty. Jackson would not have won the war without the help of Native American allies, yet he denied their role and even insisted on their displacement, together with all the Indians of the American South in the Trail of Tears.

A conflict involving not only white Americans and Native Americans, but also the British and the Spanish, the Creek War opened the Deep South to the Cotton Kingdom, setting the stage for the American Civil War yet to come. No other single Indian conflict had such significant impact on the fate of America--and A Brutal Reckoning is the definitive book on this forgotten chapter in our history.

Product Details

Author:
Peter Cozzens
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
25 April 2023
ISBN-10:
0525659455
ISBN-13:
9780525659457
Language:
English
Pages:
464
Weight:
870.9 gm

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