In Bitterness and in Tears: Andrew Jackson's Destruction of the Creeks and Seminoles

by Sean Michael O'Brien

Book Overview

The seldom-recalled Creek War of 1813-1814 and its extension, the First Seminole War of 1818, had significant consequences for the growth of the United States. Beginning as a civil war between Muscogee factions, the struggle escalated into a war between the Moscogees and the United States after insurgent Red Sticks massacred over 250 whites and mixed-bloods at Fort Mims on the Alabama River on August 30, 1813--the worst frontier massacre in U.S...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275979466
• ISBN13: 9780275979461
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.7"