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The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston. All three fought the Creeks and each would have his part to play two decades later when the Alamo was stormed during the fight for Texan independence from Mexico.
President Jackson was the first head of state to recognize the fledgling Republic of Texas. Colonel Crockett would be enshrined as a folk hero for his stand at the Alamo. General Houston won Texan independence at San Jacinto in 1836.
This book tells the stories of the two landmark battles--at Fort Mims and the Alamo--and the interwoven lives of Jackson, Crockett and Houston, three of the most fascinating men in American history.
List of contents
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Prologue: Burnt Corn Creek
1.¿We Are Perfectly Tranquil Here
2.¿Yelling and Screaming Like Perfect Demons
3.¿The Horror of the Scene
4.¿The Doleful Sound from the Treetops
5.¿Let Every Shot Tell
6.¿A Rough Sort of Backwoodsman
7.¿Rattling Peals of Thunder
8.¿Unlawful and Improper
9.¿Rapine and Plunder
10.¿A Whapper of a Lie
11.¿I Will Be Governor of Tennessee
12.¿Scalping Knives and Tomahawks
13.¿Possessed with the Furies
14.¿I Had Come for Their Votes
15.¿The Bloody Deeds of Gen. Jackson
16.¿A Thousand Wild Rumors
17.¿A Wicked, Unjust Measure
18.¿A Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
19.¿Let Us Have Crockett's March
20.¿Most Daring Outrage and Assault
21.¿I Will Go to Texas
22.¿The Claws of Thirsty, Rascally and Convict Soldiers
23.¿Damn Him, Let Him Take the Horse
24.¿The Enemy Is Closely Shut Up in Bejar
25.¿Farewell
26.¿The Key to Texas
27.¿The Enemy Are in View
28.¿War Is Raging on the Frontiers
29.¿My Orders Must Be Obeyed
30.¿A Horrible Carnage Took Place
31.¿The Flash of a Musket
32.¿Their Forlorn Situation
33.¿That Is Sam Houston's Writing
34.¿Wisdom and Humanity Dictates
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
The late Paul Williams worked in the television and film industries as a writer, producer and director. He wrote several books about the American frontier and the Civil War. He lived in Melbourne, Australia.
