The Rogue Republic

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9780547549156

<DIV><B>The little-known story of the West Florida Revolt: &ldquo;One rollicking good book.&rdquo; &mdash;Jay Winik</B><BR /><BR /> When Britain ceded the territory of West Florida&mdash;what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida&mdash;to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe&rsquo;s endless territorial contests. So it was left to the settlers, bristling at Spanish misrule, to establish a foothold in the area.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Enter the Kemper brothers, whose vigilante justice culminated in a small band of American residents drafting a constitution and establishing a new government. By the time President Madison sent troops to occupy the territory, assert US authority under the Louisiana Purchase, and restore order, West Florida&rsquo;s settlers had already announced their independence, becoming our country&rsquo;s shortest-lived rogue &ldquo;republic.&rdquo;<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Meticulously researched and populated with some of American history&rsquo;s most colorful and little-known characters, this is the story of a young country testing its power on the global stage, as well as an examination of how the frontier spirit came to define the nation&rsquo;s character. <I>The Rogue Republic </I>shows how hardscrabble frontiersmen and gentleman farmers planted the seeds of civil war, marked the dawn of Manifest Destiny, and laid the groundwork for the American empire.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A significant study of an obscure but highly revealing moment in American history&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Not only does Davis cast a bright light into these murky corners of our national past, he does so with a grace and clarity equal to the best historical writing today.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Kirkus Reviews, </I>starred review<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A well-documented account of &lsquo;America&rsquo;s second and smallest rebellion,&rsquo; led by a simple storekeeper named Reuben Kemper&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Davis tells this story with nuance and panache.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I></DIV>