Tecumseh and the prophet : the Shawnee brothers who defied a nation /
"The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States"-- Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in American history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. Cozzens shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader, admired by the same white Americans he opposed, it was Tenskwatawa, called the "Shawnee Prophet," who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. |
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| Item Description: | "A Borzoi book." |
| Physical Description: | xv, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (some color) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781524733254 1524733253 9780525434887 0525434887 |