Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West

by William Hogeland

Book Overview

The forgotten story of how the U.S. Army was created to fight a crucial Indian war

When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the newly independent United States savored its victory and hoped for a great future. And yet the republic soon found itself losing an escalating military conflict on its borderlands. In 1791, years of skirmishes, raids, and quagmire climaxed in the grisly defeat of American militiamen by a brilliantly organized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374107343
• ISBN13: 9780374107345
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.0"