Tecumseh and the Prophet
The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
"The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue: Dawn of the long knives -- The great awakening -- A restless people -- A turbulent youth -- A nation divided -- War and wanderings -- Out from the shadows -- The making of a chief -- A culture in crisis -- A Prophet arises -- Black sun -- Greenville interlude -- A double game -- One treaty too many -- No difficulties deter him -- Southern odyssey -- The Prophet stumbles -- From the ashes of Prophetstown -- Into the maelstrom -- Kindred spirits -- A man of mercy -- An adequate sacrifice to Indian opinion -- Death on the Thames -- Twilight of the prophet -- Appendix: The Indian world of the Shawnee brothers.
Subjects:
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet.
Shawnee Indians -- United States -- Biography.
Shawnee Indians -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Shawnee Indians -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Shawnee Indians -- Wars -- United States.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet.
Shawnee Indians -- United States -- Biography.
Shawnee Indians -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Shawnee Indians -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Shawnee Indians -- Wars -- United States.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.
ISBN:
9781524733254
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Native Am. Coz | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.