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Author Hogeland, William, author.

Title Autumn of the Black Snake : the creation of the U.S. Army and the invasion that opened the West / William Hogeland.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  970.004 HOGELAND    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  970.004 HOG    Storage
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  970.004 HOG    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  970.0049 HOGELAND    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  970.00497 HOG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  970.004 HOG    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  970.0049 HOG    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  970.00497 HOG    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  970.0049 HOGELAND    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  970.004 HOGELAND    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 447 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-425) and index.
Contents Prologue : the ruins of an old French fort -- Part I. Sinclair's retreat -- The death of General Butler -- The turnip field -- Drive them out -- An inquiry into the causes of the unfortunate late defeat -- Part II. War dancing -- Standing armies -- Metropotamia -- Mad Anthony -- The peaceful intentions of the United States -- Legion Ville -- Part III. The Blacksnake march -- Recovery -- Fallen Timbers -- Black granite.
Summary An account of how the U.S. Army was created to fight a crucial Native American war. Describes how George Washington and other early leaders organized the Legion of the United States under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in response to a 1791 militia defeat in the Ohio River Valley. --Publisher
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Wars -- 1790-1794.
Subject Wayne's Campaign, 1794.
Wayne's Campaign (1794) (OCoLC)fst01172964
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796. (OCoLC)fst00007799
Indians of North America -- Wars -- Ohio.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Wars -- Ohio.
Subject Indians of North America -- Wars. (OCoLC)fst00969954
Military leadership. (OCoLC)fst01185276
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 -- Military leadership.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1790-1794.
Ohio. (OCoLC)fst01205075
Chronological Term 1790-1794
ISBN 9780374107345 (hardcover)
0374107343 (hardcover)
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