1812: The Rivers of War
Eric Flint

1812: The Rivers of War is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

2006 Del Rey Mass Market Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Eric Flint Excerpt from 1824: The Arkansas War copyright © 2006 by Eric Flint

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Originally published in hardcover as The Rivers of War in the United States by Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2005.

This book contains an excerpt from the forthcoming book 1824: The Arkansas War by Eric Flint. This excerpt has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the final content of the forthcoming edition.

ISBN 0-345-46568-7

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Map illustrations © Jeffrey L. Ward

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