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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN num: 9780813010977
ISBN number: 0813010977
Label: University Press of Florida
Manufacturer: University Press of Florida
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 391
Printing Date: December 28, 1990
Publishing house: University Press of Florida
Sale Popularity Level: 777760
Studio: University Press of Florida
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By the third decade of the 19th century the growing American nation had expanded so far into the Florida peninsula that in 1832 a group of Seminole tribal chiefs accepted the terms of a treaty which provided for the removal of their tribes to the West. Wiley Thompson was appointed to supervise the migration. However, a great number of the Seminoles were deeply attached to their homeland and fiercely opposed exchanging their Florida land for that promised in the West. On December 28, 1835, warriors led by Osceola massacred Thompson and a number of American citizens, thereby beginning the Second Seminole War. It continued for almost seven years and would become the most expensive of all the American Indian wars, in both monetary and human terms. After the war John T. Sprague, who had participated in the war during its last years, published 'The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War', for 120 years the only account of this episode in US history. Drawing on data, resources and insights unavailable to Sprague, Mahon sets out to bring a broad national perspective to this study, setting the war in the context of both Florida and US military history and Indian policy.
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Mahon's work is simply timeless. It is the best overview, with some detail, of the Second Seminole conflict. There is sufficient detail for the history buff, while giving the novice a great foundation for further reading (Dade's Last Battle comes to mind). I did not find the reading difficult at all, and have re-read the book several times. If you want one title for this period of history, or if you are starting a collection, this is one title you "must have"
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The book should be part of all Native Floridians recommeded reading. The history of our state is more than tourist and palm trees. Before there was a wild west there was an wild and undeveloped area called Florida. This book is for those interested in history and the people that lived in the area.
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The book should be part of all Native Floridians recommeded reading. The history of our state is more than tourist and palm trees. Before there was a wild west there was an wild and undeveloped area called Florida. This book is for those interested in history and the people that lived in the area.
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The book should be part of all Native Floridians recommeded reading. The history of our state is more than tourist and palm trees. Before there was a wild west there was an wild and undeveloped area called Florida. This book is for those interested in history and the people that lived in the area.
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The Problem is a simple one. There are few books on the Seminole Wars available right now, and this is one of them. But to get through it you have to persevere. The subject not the writing has to be the reason you plow through these pages. Just think of a tough old sargent in a forage cap, grumbling "close it up: keep moving," and you will get the idea.
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