Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees (American Indian Lives) - Softcover

Sugden, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080329302X ISBN 13: 9780803293021

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2003

Synopsis

Blue Jacket (ca. 1743–ca. 1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought a long and bloody war against white encroachments into the Shawnees’ homeland in the Ohio River Valley. Blue Jacket was an astute strategist and diplomat who, though courted by American and British leaders, remained a staunch defender of the Shawnees’ independence and territory. In this arresting and controversial account, John Sugden depicts the most influential Native American leader of his time.

About this title

About the Author:

John Sugden is an independent scholar and a former associate editor of Oxford University Press’s American National Biography project. His books include Tecumseh: A Life, winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award.

Review:

"Through impressive research in Canada, England, and the United States, John Sugden's definitive study of Blue Jacket challenges long-held assumptions about the famous Shawnee war chief and his place in the history of the Old Northwest....Sugden uses comprehensive research to tell a new and complicated story about a familiar period in American history."

"A well-paced and compelling narrative written with lucidity, economy, and grace.... Sugden presents a clear, sensitive portrayal of Blue Jacket, his followers, and his allies in an era of extraordinary turmoil. He establishes Blue Jacket as a war leader of first importance and as a precursor to his more famous successor [Tecumseh]....It is unfailingly judicious, it flows beautifully, and it keeps a reader turning its pages."

"Dr. Sugden's excellent study makes abundantly clear Blue Jacket's reality as an outstanding representative of the native American people and of the Shawnee Nation in particular."

"John Sugden.has brilliantly managed to restore Blue Jacket's deserving place in history. He has skillfully reconstructed the personality of his complex subject from diverse sources and placed his life within the broader context of frontier history in a very engaging and well-written monograph."--Michael Lawson, "Journal of the West,"

"Through impressive research in Canada, England, and the United States, John Sugden's definitive study of Blue Jacket challenges long-held assumptions about the famous Shawnee war chief and his place in the history of the Old Northwest. . . . Sugden uses comprehensive research to tell a new and complicated story about a familiar period in American history."-"Journal of American History,"

"A well-paced and compelling narrative written with lucidity, economy, and grace. . . . Sugden presents a clear, sensitive portrayal of Blue Jacket, his followers, and his allies in an era of extraordinary turmoil. He establishes Blue Jacket as a war leader of first importance and as a precursor to his more famous successor [Tecumseh]. . . . It is unfailingly judicious, it flows beautifully, and it keeps a reader turning its pages."-"William and Mary Quarterly,"

"John Sugden provides his readers with the engaging story of the lengthy, bloody conflict over the land that is now Ohio. His focus, of course, is on one of the principal actors, Blue Jacket -- Military chief, diplomat, and businessman. The tale is gripping, and Sugden's telling of it is both fascinating and insightful. . John Sugden has produced a study that contributes immensely to the scholarship and to our understanding of the people and events on the frontier between natives and whites in the Early Republic period."--Dr. Richard V. Barbuto, "Journal of America's Military Past"

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 080329302X
• ISBN 13: 9780803293021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362