Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation
by Peter Cozzens
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Knopf, 2020. Hardcover. New/New. A clean crisp well preserved 2020 Knopf hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. An insightful, unflinching portrayal of the remarkable siblings who came closer to altering the course of American history than any other Indian leaders.? --Professor H.W. Brands, author of The Zealot and the Emancipator The first biography of the great Shawnee leader to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance 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 United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now 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. Detailed research of Native American society and customs provides a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways. Cozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America.
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- Title
- Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation
- Author
- Peter Cozzens
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- Hardcover
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- New
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- ISBN 10
- 1524733253
- ISBN 13
- 9781524733254
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- Knopf
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- United States Biographies, Native American History, Native American Biographies, Indigenous Peoples Studies, Indigenous People Biographies, Native American,
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- American History;
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