Chainbreaker: The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Governor Blacksnake as Told to Benjamin Williams

Author/Contributor(s):	Chainbreaker ; Abler, Thomas S ; Abler, Thomas S
Publisher:	Bison Books
Date:	07/01/2005
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

One of the earliest memoirs by an American Indian, Chainbreaker presents the recollections of a Seneca chief, also known as Governor Blacksnake. A fighter in the American Revolution who lived more than a century, Chainbreaker told his story as an old man in the 1840s to a fellow Seneca, Benjamin Williams, who translated it and committed it to paper. Epic in scale and yet intensely personal, Chainbreaker's story provides a rare Native view of warfare and diplomacy during a crucial period in American history. His account is only fully available in this edition, featuring extensive commentary by Thomas S. Abler. Thomas S. Abler is a professor of anthropology at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Hinterland Warriors and Military Dress: European Empires and Exotic Uniforms.