Author

Publication

2000-09-01 - University of Nebraska Press

Language

English

Word Count

90,500 words, Guess

Page Count

362 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Library of Congress Control Number00022192
  • Goodreads2460168
  • LibraryThing1081238

Classifications

  • LCCE99.S35 S83 2000

Description

"Blue Jacket (ca. 1743-ca. 1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the most influential Native American leader of his time. He was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought a long and bloody war against white encroachments into their homeland in the Ohio River valley. Blue Jacket was an astute strategist and diplomat who, though courted by American and British leaders, remained a staunch defender of the Shawnee's independence and territory. He fielded large forces (his warriors inflicted greater losses upon the American army than those of Cochise, Geronimo, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull combined), won unprecedented military and diplomatic victories, and during his later years inspired and mentored the legendary Tecumseh. In this account, John Sugden, the biographer of Tecumseh, restores Blue Jacket to his rightful place of prominence in American history."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Blue Jacket: Warrior of the Shawnees (American Indian Lives)HardcoverUniversity of Nebraska Press2000-09-01

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