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1812: The Rivers of War


Classification

Series Number: 632
Genre: Alternative History
Series: 1812
Condition: New
Read: ✓
Shelf: 9
Goodreads: Yes

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Author: Flint, Eric
Binding: Paperback
Cover Price: 7.99
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Publishing

Publisher: Del Rey
Copyright Year: 2006
Publication Year: 2006
ISBN#: 0-345-46568-7
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Pages: 560
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In the War of 1812, U.S. troops are battling the British on the Canadian border, even as a fierce fight is being waged against the Creek followers of the Indian leader Tecumseh and his brother, known as The Prophet. In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte’s war has become a losing proposition, and the British are only months away from unleashing a frightening assault on Washington itself. Fateful choices are being made in the corridors of power and on the American frontier. As Andrew Jackson, backed by Cherokee warriors, leads a fierce attack on the Creek tribes, his young republic will soon need every citizen soldier it can find.

What if–at this critical moment–bonds were forged between men of different races and tribes? What if the Cherokee clans were able to muster an integrated front, and the U.S. government faced a united Indian nation bolstered by escaping slaves, freed men of color, and even influential white allies?

Through the remarkable adventures of men who were really there–men of mixed race, mixed emotions, and a singular purpose–The Rivers of War carries us in this new direction, brilliantly transforming an extraordinary chapter of American history.