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The death and rebirth of the Seneca / Anthony F.C. Wallace, with the assistance of Sheila C. Steen.
LIBRA E99.S3 W3 1970
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Handsome Lake, 1735-1815.
- Handsome Lake.
- Seneca Indians.
- HANDSOME LAKE.
- Local Subjects:
- HANDSOME LAKE.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 384, xi pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 1970 [©1969]
- Contents:
- The religion of Handsome Lake today
- Pt. 1: The heyday of the Iroquois
- The Seneca nation of Indians
- The rituals of hope and thanksgiving
- The rituals of fear and mourning
- Pt. 2: The decline of the Iroquois
- The last wars in the forest
- The collapse of the Confederacy
- Slums in the wilderness
- Pt. 3: The Renaissance of the Iroquois
- Preaching to repentance: the first, or apocalyptic, gospel
- The politics of evangelism: the second, or social, gospel
- Renaissance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384).
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1971
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wallace, Anthony F.C., 1923- Death and rebirth of the Seneca.
- OCLC:
- 76618
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