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Autumn of the Black Snake : the creation of the U.S. Army and the invasion that opened the West / William Hogeland.

By: Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 447 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374107345 (hardcover)
  • 9780374537845 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 970.004/97 23
LOC classification:
  • E83.794 .H64 2017
Contents:
Prologue: the ruins of an old French fort -- Part I. Sinclair's retreat -- The death of General Butler -- The turnip field -- Drive them out -- An inquiry into the causes of the late unfortunate defeat -- Part II. War dancing -- Standing armies -- Metropotamia -- Mad Anthony -- The peaceful intentions of the United States -- Legion Ville -- Part III. The Black snake march -- Recovery -- Fallen Timbers -- Black granite.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-425) and index.

Prologue: the ruins of an old French fort -- Part I. Sinclair's retreat -- The death of General Butler -- The turnip field -- Drive them out -- An inquiry into the causes of the late unfortunate defeat -- Part II. War dancing -- Standing armies -- Metropotamia -- Mad Anthony -- The peaceful intentions of the United States -- Legion Ville -- Part III. The Black snake march -- Recovery -- Fallen Timbers -- Black granite.

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