Reviews
"In this first comprehensive history of the Creek War of 1813-1814Weir offers readers a lively, engaging, and factually reliable narrative on a fascinating time in early America."-- Gregory A. Waselkov, author of A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 "A model operational analysis of irregular warfare.. . . Weir confidently shows that Creek capitulation ended effective Native American resistance east of the Mississippi, and their surrender of 21 million acres of land opened the region to cotton and slaves--thus 'a new, peculiarly American, hell was born.'"-- Publishers Weekly "[A]meticulously researched and masterly work."-- A. J. Mergenthaler "Weir has written the definitive account of the conflict."-- Historians Manifesto "For most Americans, the Creek Indian War is at best a footnote to the War of 1812. Weir has shown that the war was something greater than that, a contest to determine the fate of nations. This book glows with Weir's love of his subject and his evocation of the place."-- Stephen Goodwin, co-founder of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation "A remarkable addition to Alabama history. . . . beyond impressive."-- Edwin G. Bridges, Director Emeritus of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
