A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South by Peter Cozzens

The Creek War was one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil.  What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastacized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the deep south and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed southeastern Indians from their homeland.  The war also gave Andrew Jackson his first combat leadership role, and his newfound popularity after defeating the Creeks would set him on a path to the White House. A struggle involving not only white settlers and Native Americans, but also the British and the Spanish, the Creek War and its aftermath opened the deep south to the Cotton Kingdom, setting the stage for the American Civil War yet to come. No other single Indian conflict had such a significant impact on the fate of America. 

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About the author: Peter Cozzens is the author or editor of eighteen acclaimed books on the America Civil War and the Indian Wars of the United States. A summa cum laude graduate of Knox College, Cozzens served as an army captain before becoming a career Foreign Service officer. In 2002 he was awarded the American Foreign Service Association’s highest honor, the William R. Rivkin Award, given annually to one Foreign Service officer for exemplary moral courage, integrity, and constructive dissent.