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Book

Autumn of the Black Snake : the creation of the U.S. Army and the invasion that opened the West

Call Number

  • 970.00497 H715 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

Physical Description

447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

An account of how the U.S. Army was created to fight a crucial Native American war describes how George Washington and other early leaders organized the Legion of the United States under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in response to a 1791 militia defeat in the Ohio River Valley.

Contents

  • Prologue: the ruins of an old French fort
  • Part I. Sinclair's retreat
  • The death of General Butler
  • The turnip field
  • Drive them out
  • An inquiry into the causes of the unfortunate late defeat
  • Part II. War dancing
  • Standing armies
  • Metropotamia
  • Mad Anthony
  • The peaceful intentions of the United States
  • Legion Ville
  • Part III. The Blacksnake march
  • Recovery
  • Fallen Timbers
  • Black granite
  • Conclusion.

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