In Bitterness and in Tears

Name: In Bitterness and in Tears
ISBN: 9780275979461

Andrew Jackson's Destruction of the Creeks and Seminoles

di Sean Michael O'brien

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Formato: 288 pagine, Hardcover
Prima pubblicazione: June 30, 2003
Editori: Praeger Publishers
Soggetti: History·History·Us·History·American·Usa·Military·General·Native american·United states·19th century·History·Military·General·Jackson·Andrew·Relations with seminole indians·1767-1845·1789-1869·1815-1875·Government
Linguaggio: English

In Bitterness And In Tears: Andrew Jackson's Destruction Of The Creeks And Seminoles by historian Sean Michael O'Brien is a definitive study of the Creek War of 1813-1814 and the First Seminole War of 1818. Closely examining history from both American and Native points of view, In Bitterness And In Tears examines in turn the civil war between Muscogee (Creek) factions that initiated the conflict; Red Sticks' massacre of over 250 whites and mixed-bloods at Fort Mims (the worst frontier massacre in U.