Tecumseh and the prophet : the Shawnee brothers who defied a nation / Peter Cozzens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cozzens, Peter, 1957- author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.

Tecumseh.

Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet.

Tenskwatawa.

Shawnee Indians--United States--Biography.

Shawnee Indians.

Shawnee Indians--United States--Social conditions--18th century.

Shawnee Indians--United States--Social conditions--19th century.

Shawnee Indians--Wars--United States.

Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Shawnee Indians--Wars.

Social conditions.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first 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.

Contents:

Part 1

1 The Great Awakening p. 11

2 A Restless People p. 32

3 A Turbulent Youth p. 44

4 A Nation Divided p. 52

5 War and Wanderings p. 68

6 Out from the Shadows p. 88

7 The Making of a Chief p. 110

8 A Culture in Crisis p. 129

Part 2

9 A Prophet Arises p. 149

10 Black Sun p. 170

11 Greenville Interlude p. 189

12 A Double Game p. 208

13 One Treaty Too Many p. 227

14 No Difficulties Deter Him p. 240

15 Southern Odyssey p. 262

16 The Prophet Stumbles p. 275

17 From the Ashes of Prophetstown p. 290

Part 3

18 Into the Maelstrom p. 311

10 Kindred Spirits p. 335

20 A Man of Mercy p. 346

21 An Adequate Sacrifice to Indian Opinion p. 371

22 Death on the Thames p. 386

23 Twilight of the Prophet p. 412.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Cozzens, Peter, Tecumseh and the prophet

ISBN:

9781524733261

1524733261

Publisher Number:

40030178865

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