This volume details the crucial chapter in the history of the Indian Wars.
He is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history, and was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, in 2005..
He was associate editor of the Confederate Historical Society of Great Britain, from 1983 to 1992.
He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982 and taught history at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to 1983.
About the Author: Until his retirement in 2007, Ron Field was Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water.
Illustrated with careful reconstructions of the colorful and varied clothing and uniforms worn by both sides, the author discusses the organization and history of a tribe that fought to the bitter end, albeit unsuccessfully, in the pursuit of freedom.
This book reveals the dramatic stories behind the three fierce Seminole wars, fought over a period of 41 years.
Ultimately, however, the sheer weight of the opposing forces overwhelmed them, and only a few dogged resistors clung to the idea of freedom until the third war led to the surrender of the chief.
They entered into three successive Wars with the Seminole tribes, the second, seven-year-long war proving extremely costly in terms of money and manpower as the Seminole emerged as a stubborn and effective fighting force, especially in forest and swamp conditions.
However, by 1815, frontier Americans had grown increasingly envious of their relative wealth and land, and resentful of their harboring of former slaves.
They traded with the Americans, the English and the Spanish, lived in cabins, planted crops and raised cattle.
The Seminole of Florida were one of the largest tribes of Native Americans living in peace with settlers.
This volume details the crucial chapter in the history of the Indian Wars
