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The Creek War of 1813 and 1814 (Library Alabama Classics)

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For the day and age this book was first written (1895) it is very infomative. Halbert and Ball offers the reader first hand accounts and eye witness interviews about the Creek Indian War and the events leading up to it as well as occuring after the end of the conflict. Sadly the authors don't make out Andrew Jackson the irratic, arrogant, racist, land greedy General he was. Due to the above mentioned first hand accounts and interviews with those involved in the Creek Indian War it is one of a kind. In part because some of the eye witness and participants were still alive in the late 1800s. Not just this book, but any books on the Creek Indian War will perhaps open ones eyes to the fact the Plains and Southwestern U.S. were not the only places were there were wars against American Indians. Even so, if one is researching this subject or wants to know more about this particular war this book is highly reccommended. This most recent publication is the books third in over the past 100 years. Copies published in 1969 still exist but are rare. This in part may be the reason University of Alabama Press republished this edition. However I think it should have been published with a hard cover, as these editions would last longer then a soft cover. To me if a book is $29.95 retail it should have a hard cover. But its a very informative book none-the-less.