Pacifist prophet : Papunhank and the quest for peace in early America /

Pacifist Prophet recounts the untold history of peaceable Native Americans in the eighteenth-century, as explored through the world of Papunhank (c1705-1775), a Munsee prophet, preacher, reformer and diplomat. Papunhank's life was dominated by a search for a peaceful homeland in Pennsylvania an...

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Main Author: Pointer, Richard W., 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
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Summary:Pacifist Prophet recounts the untold history of peaceable Native Americans in the eighteenth-century, as explored through the world of Papunhank (c1705-1775), a Munsee prophet, preacher, reformer and diplomat. Papunhank's life was dominated by a search for a peaceful homeland in Pennsylvania and the Ohio country amid the upheavals of the era from the Seven Years' War to the American Revolution.
Physical Description:xv, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781496222862
1496222865