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A wampum denied : Procter's War of 1812 / Sandy Antal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Antal, Sandy.
- Series:
- Carleton library series ; 191.
- Carleton library series ; v. 191
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Procter, Henry, 1763-1822.
- Procter, Henry.
- Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
- Tecumseh.
- Shawnee Indians--Wars.
- Shawnee Indians.
- Michigan--History--War of 1812--Campaigns.
- Michigan.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 450 p. : ill., maps.
- Place of Publication:
- [Ottawa, Ontario] : Carleton University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This formative history takes a new look at a dramatic conflict-the war on the Detroit frontier in 1812-13. Powerful key players (Procter, Tecumseh and Brock), their disparate war aims, and the "all or nothing" character of the campaigns they waged still seem larger than life. Yet Sandy Antal's careful reconstruction of Native and national aspiration, vested colonial interest, and territorial aggression, reveals motives and expedients that were as often mundane as heroic. A Wampum Denied reassesses the much-maligned career of Henry Procter, commander of the British forces, traces the Canadian/British/Native side of the conflict (amid a literature dominated by the American view), and casts new light on an allied military strategy that very nearly succeeded, but when it failed, failed spectacularly.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- An Earthly Paradise
- Clouds of War
- Duels on the Sewers
- Procter Arrives
- The Cession of Michigan
- Stalemate
- Calm Before the Storm
- Blood and Ice: Frenchtown
- After Frenchtown
- Bungle in the Mud: Fort Meigs
- Frontal Warfare
- Decision at Put-in-Bay
- Crisis at Amherstburg
- Chase on the Thames
- Finale at Moraviantown
- Consequences
- Aftermath
- Post-Moraviantown Sketches of Combatants
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [413-426]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86419-X
- 9786612864193
- 0-7735-7405-0
- OCLC:
- 923231147
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