The Second Seminole War and the limits of American aggression / C.S Monaco.

Part I. Genesis of the war
Treaties and reservations
Seminoles, slaves and Maroons
Part II. War of Indian removal
"It came with the suddenness of the whirlwind"
The United States responds
"Sacrifice of national honor"
The last pitched battles
"Never ending, still beginning war"
Part III. Health, medicine and the environment
Malarial sword and shield
Land of darkness and shadows
Part IV. The war and "the national mind"
Osceola as settler-colonial icon
Bloodhounds, abolitionists and freedom fighters
Epilogue.