A Conquering Spirit
Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814
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Word Count
102,000 words, Guess
Page Count
408 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8073563M
- ISBN-139780817314910
- ISBN-100817314911
- OCLC Control Number64098370
- Library of Congress Control Number2006003877
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- Goodreads257020
- LibraryThing2446445
Classifications
- LCCE83.813 .W37 2006
Description
The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims, involving hundreds of dead men, women, and children, was just such a spark. Gregory Waselkov tells compellingly the story of this fierce battle at the fortified plantation home of Samuel Mims in the Tensaw District of the Mississippi Territory. With valuable maps, tables, and artifact illustrations, Waselkov looks closely at the battle to cut through the legends and misinformation that have grown around the event almost from the moment the last flames died at the smoldering ruins. At least as important as the details of the battle, though, is his elucidation of how social forces remarkably converged to spark the conflict and how reverberations of the battle echo still today, nearly two hundred years later.
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