Larry Williamson

Tallapoosa

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Two brothers from Virginia migrate to new lands in the Mississippi territory (present-day Alabama) in the early 1800s. There they take brides, one an Indian woman and the other the daughter of another settler, and try to build lives on the border of the Creek Nation. At first, life is peaceful and happy as the two couples farm, build and trade with the Creeks living nearby. But as more Europeans arrive, economic forces, political ambition, and personal aggression result in increasing conflict and then bloodshed, culminating in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. Tallapoosa is an exciting historical novel about the Creek Wars and the ramific… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-60306-029-5
EAN: 9781603060295
Produktnummer: 2911101
Verlag: Newsouth Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 254 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.5 cm 327 g
Gewicht: 327

Über den Autor

Larry Williamson grew up in Tallassee, Alabama, and lives there as well as in LaFayette, Alabama, where he teaches. An engineering graduate of Auburn University, he has taught high school math and coached football and track for more than thirty years. Williamson spent his youth playing, exploring, and working on the banks of the Tallapoosa River, which splits his hometown of Tallassee. He developed a lifelong fascination and love of the river and its rich heritage.