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The Shawnees and the War for America

The Shawnees and the War for America Paperback - 2008

by Calloway, Colin G

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Calloway offers an account of the early American settlers' drive to occupy the West, the Shawnee's unwavering defense of their homeland, and the bitter battles that resulted. Also noted are the instances of cooperation, collaboration, and intermarriage between the opposing forces.

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  • Title The Shawnees and the War for America
  • Author Calloway, Colin G
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York, NY
  • Date 2008-07-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR007233546
  • ISBN 9780143113911 / 0143113917
  • Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.48 x 5.02 x 0.66 in (19.00 x 12.75 x 1.68 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Tecumseh, Indians of North America - Wars - 1775-1783
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.004

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Summary

With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader Tecumseh, the Shawnees waged a war of territorial and cultural resistance for half a century. Noted historian Colin G. Calloway details the political and legal battles and the bloody fighting on both sides for possession of the Shawnees? land, while imbuing historical figures such as warrior chief Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, and Andrew Jackson with all their ambiguity and complexity. More than defending their territory, the Shawnees went to war to preserve a way of life and their own deeply held vision of what their nation should be.

Media reviews

'The history engages us fully. . . . The remarkable texturing ofthe historic period and the description of responses by earlyAmericans and their leaders . . . set Calloway's book apart.'
Los Angeles Times

' Fascinating, comprehensive and passionate.'
Leslie Marmon Silko

About the author

Colin Calloway is a British American historian. He is the John Kimball, Jr. 1943 Professor of History and a professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College.