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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: Dade's Last Command
Author: Frank LaumerPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Dade's Battle in December 1835 precipitated the Second Seminole War. It was the first American war fought over the issue of slavery, Frank Laumer writes, and it occurred principally because of white determination to protect the institution. In their search for runaway slaves, white citizens of Georgia and Florida invaded Seminole land and met with resistance; the violent encounters that followed led to Dade's Battle. As a result, Laumer says, the escape hatch was closed, Native Americans were removed from the land, and Florida was made "safe" for white expansion. Coupling thirty years of research with a passion to understand the fate of Major Dade's command and the motivations of the attacking Seminoles, Laumer has written a vivid account of a battle that changed Florida's history. After walking Dade's route on the Fort King Road from Tampa to the battlefield north of the Withlacoochee River--wearing the complete woolen uniform of an enlisted man, carrying musket, canteen, pack, bayonet, and haversack--Laumer can describe not only the clothing and weapons of the soldiers but also the tension and fear they felt as they marched through Seminole territory. He has also assessed the position of the Seminoles, sympathizing with the choices forced by their leaders. Laumer also describes the backgrounds of the soldiers who marched under Dade and the role of much-maligned black interpreter, Louis Pacheco, and he offers new insights on the mistakes made by the commanders who ordered the march. More than the account of a single military action, Dade's Last Command is the story of good and decent men "who died violent and terrible deaths to perpetuate a political and social evil."
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Place index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905
Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot EmersonPublisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Knickerbocker Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1850 ...
Author: New Catholic Encyclopedia
Author: Catholic University of AmericaPublisher: New York ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
The History of "Punch"
Author: Marion Harry SpielmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Journalism
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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