“A Brutal Reckoning” is Peter Cozzens’ study of the bloody Creek War (1813-14) and its terrible consequences, to wit, the elevation of Andrew Jackson to national prominence and the ethnic cleansing of ...

Carolina prologue -- Georgia dawn -- Staking out the territory -- Faltering diplomacy with the Creeks and war with Spain -- A wider war and deeper discord -- The Bosomworth ordeal -- Royal government ...

If you’re planning a trip to Georgia, you won’t want to miss the state’s must-see historic landmarks. Georgia is filled with rich history, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, and there ...

Cozzens (Tecumseh and the Prophet) concludes his trilogy on the dispossession of Native American lands with a fine-grained and often gruesome account of the 1813–1814 Creek War in present-day Alabama.