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Language
English
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The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A biography of legendary Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh, providing information about every stage of his life, and focusing on his efforts to unite the diverse North American tribes in a stand against the encroaching United States.
6) Gallop toward the sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's struggle for the destiny of a nation
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The conquest of indigenous land in the American East through corrupt treaties and genocidal violence laid the groundwork for the conquest of the American West. Acclaimed author Peter Stark exposes the fundamental conflicts at play through the little-known but consequential struggle between two extraordinary leaders. William Henry Harrison was born to a prominent Virginia family, son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He journeyed...
7) Tecumseh
Author
Publisher
Dillon Press
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Shawnee warrior, orator, and leader who united a confederacy of Indians in an effort to save Indian land from the advance of white soldiers and settlers.
Author
Publisher
Messner
Pub. Date
[1959]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the great Shawnee chief, orator, and statesman who, when peaceful means failed, allied many Indian tribes with the British in the War of 1812 in an attempt to prevent the Indian people's land from being usurped by the American Government.
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Series
Westward America! volume 3
Language
English
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Jonah Wilde journeys into the prairies of Indiana with his wife and toddler son in the hopes of building a farming empire, a dream that is compromised by an encounter with the Shawnee, who claim the land
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic,...
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