GOD GAVE US THIS COUNTRY : Tekamthi and the First American Civil War

Gilbert, Bil (Text); & the Editors of Time-Life Books

ISBN 10: 0689116322 / ISBN 13: 9780689116322

Published by Atheneum, New York, NY, 1989

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Text/BRAND NEW. Bi-color boards/NF w/small soil spot to. DJ/VG; price-clipped; short closed tear to upper back & light edge rubs. Biography of Shawnee chief and leader of a large tribal confederacy Tecumseh (1768 - 1813), also known as Tecumtha or Tekamthi, Native American leader of the Shawnee and leader of a confederacy of Indian tribes in the Northwest Ordinance territory in an effort to halt white encroachment. Tucumseh's life story is also that of a near half-century of conflict on the Western frontier as well as a chronicle of the origins of the US Army and its record against American Indians. The final chapter of this work, titled :The Resurrection of Tecumseh" separates fact from folklore of this heroic chieftan.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GOD GAVE US THIS COUNTRY : Tekamthi and the First American Civil War
• Publisher: Atheneum, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689116322
• ISBN 13: 9780689116322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Pinting
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military/Warfare/Weaponry/Firearms

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Synopsis

Looks at the fifty year period during which the whites broke the Indian nations, and offers profiles of Tecumseh and other leaders who influenced that era

Reviews

We know him as Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief who organized Indian tribes in the Northwest Ordinance territory for a united effort to halt white encroachment, a heroic figure respected by friend and foe. Gilbert ( Westering Man: The Life of Joseph Walker ) gives a vivid, detailed account of nearly five decades of conflict on the Western frontier, an appalling story of violence. Following the life of Tekamthi, the author attempts to separate fact from folklore; after Tekamthi's death at Tippecanoe, he became a folk hero in the Middle West. Gilbert chronicles the origins of the U.S. Army and its disastrous record against the Indians; he notes that despite defeats, the Americans continued to advance, while the Indians' were Pyrrhic victories, and concludes that Tekamthi's resistance movement probably delayed the western advance by less than a decade. History and military buffs will appreciate this authoritative account of this long and bloody conflict.
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