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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.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023]
©2023

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 Burlington Public Library - New Books  973.5 COZZENS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.5238 COZZENS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.5 COZ    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  973.5 COZ    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.5238 COZZENS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.5 COZ    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  973.5238 COZZENS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.5 COZ    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - New Materials  973.52 COZ    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  973.5238 COZZENS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xxii, 434 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-417) 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 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.
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.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (OCoLC)fst00040485
Command of troops. (OCoLC)fst00869220
Creek Indians. (OCoLC)fst00882705
Indians, Treatment of. (OCoLC)fst00970120
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Territorial expansion. (OCoLC)fst01355135
Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
HISTORY / United States / General.
Creek War (1813-1814) (OCoLC)fst00882727
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Local Subject Indigenous peoples, Treatment of -- Southern States.
Other Form: Online version: Cozzens, Peter, 1957- Brutal reckoning. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023 9780525659464 (DLC) 2022020368
ISBN 9780525659457 (hardcover)
0525659455 (hardcover)
9780593082706 (paperback)
0593082702 (paperback)
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