Tallapoosa

A Novel

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Two brothers from Virginia migrate to new lands in the Mississippi Territory (present-day Alabama) in the early 1800s. There they take brides, one an Indian woman and the other the daughter of another settler, and try to build lives on the border of the Creek Nation. At first, life is peaceful and happy as the two couples farm, build and trade with the Creeks living nearby. But as more Europeans arrive, economic forces, political ambition, and personal aggression result in increasing conflict and then bloodshed, culminating in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Tallapoosa is an exciting historical novel about the Creek Wars and the ramifications of U.S. aggression into Native American lands.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-08-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:327 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:University of Georgia Press
ISBN:9781603060295

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LARRY WILLIAMSON grew up in Tallassee, Alabama and lives there as well as in LaFayette, Alabama, where he teaches. An engineering graduate of Auburn University, he has taught high school math and coached football and track for more than thirty years. Williamson spent his youth playing, exploring, and working on the banks of the Tallapoosa River, which splits his hometown of Tallassee. He developed a lifelong fascination and love of the river and its rich heritage.

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A vivid, imaginative, and tumultuous story about the difficult and oftentimes dangerous life on the Alabama frontier on the eve of the Creek War. Tallapoosa movingly describes the divided reactions among the Creek Indians—from the peaceful Lower Tribes to the fiery Red Sticks inspired by the great chief Tecumseh—toward the steady encroachment of white settlers.