Battle for the Southern Frontier

Battle for the Southern Frontier

The Creek War and the War of 1812

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Publication Date: 1st July 2008

This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slavebased agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.
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This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slavebased agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.
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This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slavebased agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.
Details
  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Publication Date: 1st July 2008
  • State: Alabama
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781596293717
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Military / Pictorial
    HISTORY / Military / United States
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Author Bio

Mike Bunn serves as the director of Historic Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Fort Stoddert: American Sentinel on the Mobile River, 1799–1814, Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era and The Assault on Fort Blakeley: “The Thunder and Lightning of Battle.” Clay Willams graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in history and public policy administration. He has cowritten two books, Battle for the Southern Frontier: The Creek War and the War of 1812 and Old Southwest to Old South: Mississippi, 1798–1840. He currently serves as program manager for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.


This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slavebased agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.
  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Publication Date: 1st July 2008
  • State: Alabama
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781596293717
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Military / Pictorial
    HISTORY / Military / United States
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Mike Bunn serves as the director of Historic Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Fort Stoddert: American Sentinel on the Mobile River, 1799–1814, Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era and The Assault on Fort Blakeley: “The Thunder and Lightning of Battle.” Clay Willams graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in history and public policy administration. He has cowritten two books, Battle for the Southern Frontier: The Creek War and the War of 1812 and Old Southwest to Old South: Mississippi, 1798–1840. He currently serves as program manager for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.