| Author/Contributor(s): | Sugden, John |
| Publisher: | Holt Paperbacks |
| Date: | 04/15/1999 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
“A richly detailed, utterly scrupulous account that is as poignant as it is informative.”
—The New York Times Book Review
If Sitting Bull is the most famous Native American, Tecumseh is the most revered. This is the first reliable biography of the shadowy figure who created a loose confederacy of diverse Indian tribes that extended from the Ohio territory northeast to New York, south into the Florida peninsula, westward to Nebraska, and north into Canada.
A warrior as well as a diplomat, the great Shawnee chief was a man of passionate ambitions. Spurred by commitment and served by a formidable battery of personal qualities that made him the principal organizer and the driving force of confederacy, Tecumseh kept the embers of resistance alive against a federal government that talked cooperation but practiced genocide following the Revolutionary War.
Tecumseh does not stand for one tribe or nation, but for all Native Americans. Despite his failed attempt at solidarity, he remains the ultimate symbol of courage, unity, and fraternity.