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A Brutal Reckoning

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Author : Peter Cozzens
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2023-04-25

A Brutal Reckoning written by Peter Cozzens and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-25 with History categories.

The story of the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable, young United States for control over the Deep South—from the acclaimed historian and prize-winning author of The Earth is Weeping The Creek War is 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 metastasized 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 the 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 the path to the White House. In A Brutal Reckoning, Peter Cozzens vividly captures the young Jackson, describing a brilliant but harsh military commander with unbridled ambition, a taste for cruelty, and a fraught sense of honor and duty. Jackson would not have won the war without the help of Native American allies, yet he denied their role and even insisted on their displacement, together with all the Indians of the American South in the Trail of Tears. A conflict involving not only white Americans and Native Americans, but also the British and the Spanish, the Creek War 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 significant impact on the fate of America—and A Brutal Reckoning is the definitive book on this forgotten chapter in our history.

Brutal Reckoning

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Author : PETER. COZZENS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024

Brutal Reckoning written by PETER. COZZENS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with categories.

Tecumseh And The Prophet

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Author : Peter Cozzens
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2020-10-27

Tecumseh And The Prophet written by Peter Cozzens and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

"An insightful, unflinching portrayal of the remarkable siblings who came closer to altering the course of American history than any other Indian leaders."⁠ —H.W. Brands, author of The Zealot and the Emancipator The first biography of the great Shawnee leader to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States. Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Americans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa, called the "Shawnee Prophet," who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Detailed research of Native American society and customs provides a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways. Cozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America.

The Earth Is Weeping

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Author : Peter Cozzens
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2016-10-25

The Earth Is Weeping written by Peter Cozzens and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-25 with History categories.

Bringing together Custer, Sherman, Grant, and other fascinating military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo, this “sweeping work of narrative history” (San Francisco Chronicle) is the fullest account to date of how the West was won—and lost. After the Civil War the Indian Wars would last more than three decades, permanently altering the physical and political landscape of America. Peter Cozzens gives us both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail. He illuminates the intertribal strife over whether to fight or make peace; explores the dreary, squalid lives of frontier soldiers and the imperatives of the Indian warrior culture; and describes the ethical quandaries faced by generals who often sympathized with their native enemies. In dramatically relating bloody and tragic events as varied as Wounded Knee, the Nez Perce War, the Sierra Madre campaign, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, we encounter a pageant of fascinating characters, including Custer, Sherman, Grant, and a host of officers, soldiers, and Indian agents, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, and Red Cloud and the warriors they led. The Earth Is Weeping is a sweeping, definitive history of the battles and negotiations that destroyed the Indian way of life even as they paved the way for the emergence of the United States we know today.

The Reckoning Book One The Anointed Angel Comes

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Author : Jeffrey Pierce
language : en
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Release Date : 2020-03-05

The Reckoning Book One The Anointed Angel Comes written by Jeffrey Pierce and has been published by Black Rose Writing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-05 with Fiction categories.

"Eloquent and hard muscled, deeply researched and deftly imagined, The Reckoning is an entrancing, fantastical journey to an end you will never see coming. The good news is it is just the start." –Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer, The Harry Bosch series) GOOD FRIDAY. 1917. THE FRONT LINES OF THE GREAT WAR. HELL UNLEASHED. A biblical scale armageddon, sparked by the horror of the conflict, ends the war and begins to consume the world. Demons rise and take possession of the slain. They hunt humanity, like an army of serial killers, exacting retribution for mankind’s sins. A disparate group of survivors—soldiers and civilians from all the warring nations—bands together and tries to find sanctuary, while their pasts come to life and force them to face the reckoning for their sins.

Andrew Jackson

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Author : Robert V. Remini
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 1998-03-05

Andrew Jackson written by Robert V. Remini and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-05 with History categories.

Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson. Volume One covers the role Jackson played in America's territorial expansion, bringing to life a complex character who has often been seen simply as a rough-hewn country general. Volume Two traces Jackson's senatorial career, his presidential campaigns, and his first administration as President. The third volume covers Jackson's reelection to the presidency and the weighty issues with which he was faced: the nullification crisis, the tragic removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi River, the mounting violence throughout the country over slavery, and the tortuous efforts to win the annexation of Texas.

Heavy

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Author : Kiese Laymon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-16

Heavy written by Kiese Laymon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Social Science categories.

_______________ 'So beautifully written, so insightful, so thoughtful, so honest, so vulnerable, so intimate ... A gift' - Jesmyn Ward 'Wow. Just wow' - Roxane Gay 'Unflinchingly honest' - Reni Eddo-Lodge 'An act of truth-telling unlike any other I can think of' - Alexander Chee _______________ A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ The story of the black male experience in America you've never read before Kiese Laymon grew up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to his career as a young college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, abuse, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing and ultimately gambling. In Heavy, by attempting to name secrets and lies that he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, Laymon asks himself, his mother, his nation and us to confront the terrifying possibility that few know how to love responsibly, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. A defiant yet vulnerable memoir that Laymon started writing when he was eleven, Heavy is an insightful exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship and family. _______________ 'Laymon's writing, as rich and elegant as mahogany, offers us comfort even as we grapple with his book's unflinching honesty ... Excellent' - New York Times

Britain S Gulag

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Author : Caroline Elkins
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-09-21

Britain S Gulag written by Caroline Elkins and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-21 with History categories.

Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. The draconian response of Britain's colonial government was to detain nearly the entire Kikuyu population of 1.5 million and to portray them as sub-human savages. Detainees in their thousands - possibly a hundred thousand or more - died from exhaustion, disease, starvation and systemic physical brutality. For decades these events remained untold. Caroline Elkins conducted years of research to piece together this story, unearthing reams of documents and interviewing several hundred Kikuyu survivors. Britain's Gulag reveals, for the first time, the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire.

Johnson At 10

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Author : Anthony Seldon
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2023-05-04

Johnson At 10 written by Anthony Seldon and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** *A FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR* 'Excellent... first class... both fair and damning.' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times 'Authoritative, gripping and often jaw-dropping' Andrew Rawnsley, Observer 'Invaluable' New Statesman 'Explosive' Isabel Hardman, The i After his dramatic rise to power in the summer of 2019 amid the Brexit deadlock, Boris Johnson presided over the most turbulent period of British history in living memory. Beginning with the controversial prorogation of Parliament in August and the historic landslide election victory later that year, Johnson was barely through the door of No. 10 when Britain was engulfed by a series of crises that will define its place in the world for decades to come. From the agonising upheaval of Brexit and the devastating Covid-19 pandemic to the nerve-shredding crisis in Afghanistan, the outbreak of war in Ukraine and the Partygate scandal, Johnson's government ultimately unravelled after just three years. This gripping behind-the-scenes work of contemporary history maps Johnson's time in power from start to finish and sheds new light on the most divisive Prime Minister to have led the United Kingdom since Thatcher. Based on more than 200 interviews with key aides, allies and insiders, Johnson at 10 gives the first full account of Johnson's premiership, the shockwaves of which are still felt today. ***A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2023***

The Grand Storybook

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Author : Heath Pfaff
language : en
Publisher: Heath Pfaff
Release Date : 2014-03-06

The Grand Storybook written by Heath Pfaff and has been published by Heath Pfaff this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-06 with Fiction categories.

The Grand Storybook is a collection of four fantasy novels, including the complete Hungering Saga, a set of three books that have been featured on Amazon's top 10 bestselling epic fantasy list. This collection also includes a novella, Seventh, and a collection of short stories making it an incredible value for the price! If you love fantasy and have been looking for something new, this is what you've been waiting for! The Hungering Saga - (four stars on Amazon) - Three complete novels (The Noble Fool, The Vengeful Malice, and the The Snow Song) chronicling the life of Lowin Fenly, a young man who is cursed with a terrible power and must battle to maintain his humanity. This story turns the conventional "youth rising to power" story formula on its end, and takes you through the shocking transformation of a man into a monster. Servant of Steel - (four and a half stars on Amazon) - The story of Xan, an angry man with eight fingers and a penchant for perforating those he finds inconvenient. When a particular job leads him to an unexpected crossroads in his life, Xandrith must decide whether he will, perhaps for the first time in his life, choose to take the high road. Of course, nothing can ever be simple, and Xan soon finds himself embroiled in a struggle that pits him against dangerous, otherworldly elements as he struggles to protect himself and his small collection of friends. ...and SO MUCH MORE! Get this amazing deal while the getting is good.