Bibliograph

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1824, the Arkansas war, Eric Flint

Language

eng

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

1824

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

295700957

Responsibility statement

Eric Flint

Sub title

the Arkansas war

Summary

Buffered by Spanish possessions to the south and by free states and two rivers to the north, Arkansas has become a country of its own: a hybrid confederation of former slaves, Native American Cherokee and Creek clans, and white abolitionists -- including one charismatic warrior who has gone from American hero to bête noire. Irish-born Patrick Driscol is building a fortune and a powerful army in the Arkansas Confederacy, inflaming pro-slavers in Washington and terrifying moderates as well. Caught in the middle is President James Monroe, the gentlemanly Virginian entering his final year in office with a demagogic House Speaker, Henry Clay, nipping at his heels and fanning the fires of war. But Driscol, whose black artillerymen smashed both the Louisiana militia in 1820 and the British in New Orleans, remains a magnet for revolution. And fault lines are erupting throughout the young republic -- so that every state, every elected official, and every citizen will soon be forced to choose a side

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Arkansas war

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