A Brutal Reckoning: The Creek Indians and the Epic War for the American South

Cozzens is a master storyteller, and A Brutal Reckoning is a sweeping history of a crucial period in the destruction of America's native tribes. It tells the story of encroachment on Native American territory in the Deep South, leading to the Creek War and the Trail of Tears.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Atlantic Books

Cozzens is a master storyteller, and his book, "A Brutal Reckoning," is a highly researched and well-written account of the encroachment on Native American territory in the Deep South during the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book tells the story of the Creek War, the bloodiest in American Indian history, and how it propelled Andrew Jackson into national prominence as he led the US Army in a ruthless campaign. The war 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. Cozzens' book is wonderfully told and brilliantly detailed, and it provides a sweeping history of a crucial period in the destruction of America's native tribes.

Weight: 428g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838959067
Edition number: Main