A Brutal Reckoning A Brutal Reckoning

A Brutal Reckoning

The Creek Indians and the Epic War for the American South

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Beschreibung des Verlags

'Cozzens is a master storyteller' The Times
'Extremely well researched' Times Literary Supplement

From the devastating invasion by Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century to the relentless pressure from white settlers 150 years later, A Brutal Reckoning tells the story of encroachment on the vast Native American territory in the Deep South, which gave rise to the Creek War, the bloodiest in American Indian history, and propelled Andrew Jackson into national prominence, as he led the US Army in a ruthless campaign.

It was a war that involved not only white Americans and Native Americans but also the British and the Spanish, and ultimately led to the Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed the entire Creek people, as well as the neighbouring Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee nations, from their homelands, leaving the way open for the conquest of the West. No other single Indian conflict had such a significant impact on the fate of the country.

Wonderfully told and brilliantly detailed, A Brutal Reckoning is a sweeping history of a crucial period in the destruction of America's native tribes.

GENRE
Geschichte
ERSCHIENEN
2023
6. Juli
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
464
Seiten
VERLAG
Atlantic Books
ANBIETERINFO
Faber and Faber
GRÖSSE
34,5
 MB
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