The Shawnee Prophet - Brossura

Edmunds, R. David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803267118 ISBN 13: 9780803267114

Casa editrice: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1983

Riassunto

In the early 1800s, when control of the Old Northwest had not yet been assured to the United States, the Shawnee leaders Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, led an intertribal movement culminating at the Battle of Tippecanoe and the Battle of the Thames. Historians have portrayed Tecumseh, the war leader, as the key figure in forging the intertribal confederacy. In this full-length biography of Tenskwatawa, R. David Edmunds shows that, to the contrary, the Shawnee Prophet initiated and for much of the period dominated the movement, providing a set of religious beliefs and ceremonies that revived the tribes' fading power and cohesion.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

R. David Edmunds is a professor of history at Indian University. His other publications include The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire (1978) and Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership (1984).

Product Description:

Book by Edmunds R David

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0803267118
• ISBN 13: 9780803267114
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272