This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slave-based agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.

Mike Bunn is the executive director of the Historic Chattahoochee Commission. He has served as curator of history at the Columbus Museum and assistant curator of exhibits at the Old Capitol Museum of Mississippi History. Bunn graduated from the University of Alabama.