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Tecumseh: A Life
John Peter Sugden
(0)Sep 05, 2000
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No. of Pages 510
If Sitting Bull is the most famous Indian, Tecumseh is the most revered. He does not stand for one tribe or nation, but for all Native Americans. He remains the ultimate symbol of endeavor and courage. Over thirty years in the writing, this is the first authoritative biography of the principal organizer and driving force of Native American confederacy. For anyone studying the early years of the Republic or Native American history, it is essential reading.
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Editorial reviews
"A richly detailed, utterly scrupulous account that is as poignant as it is informative." -Barry Gewen, The New York Times Book Review
"Sugden has mined previously ignored British regimental histories that are scattered all over the English countryside--an approach that indicates the breadth of his scholarship and the thoroughness of his analysis....Intricate....Insightful." -Jennifer Veech, The Washington Post Book WorldRead more
Author
Dr. John Sugden is already acknowledged as the leading authority on Tecumseh and the Shawnee. His previous books include Tecumseh''s Last Stand and the critically acclaimed Sir Francis Drake. In 1988 Dr. Sugden was a Ford Foundation Fellow.
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Chris Maska
5.0 out of 5 stars A Man to Follow
Reviewed in the United States on 4 November 2024
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Tecumseh: warrior, general, diplomat, politician, and man of honor. While his brother, known as the Prophet, founded the reform and pan Native American movement of the early nineteenth century, Tecumseh had the skills to bring together those of many tribes along with the British to create a real opportunity to contest American expansion.
Tecumseh: A Life presents this history in an engaging and well researched manner.
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G Whitwell
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic research book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2023
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Great book. Tremendous research material for people wanting to understand North American Indian history. Plus USA power and colonialism. Great!
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Colin H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2015
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Arrived on time good clean copy
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Gary Jenovai
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on 24 July 2023
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I just finished this book. It was a great read, and is not just abut the life of Tecumseh, rather about his life and the impact he had in the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) as he attempted to form a confederation of all the Indian tribes there along with the British Redshirts to establish an Indian territory. The information the book contains is outstanding. It does give you another pint of view on what happened. It must have taken a tremendous amount of research.
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M. Jack Hitt
4.0 out of 5 stars Tecumseh: A Life
Reviewed in the United States on 29 July 2013
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A thoroughly researched story of the greatest Indian leader. It reads like an adventure tale and anyone who loves American history will like this book. Sometimes it gets a little wordy with numerous references to so many different participants in so many different events but I don't know how it could have been done otherwise. Tecumseh's attempts to unite Indians from Canada to Florida to Missouri is mind boggling.
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AM
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2015
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great
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Thorough and Candid
Reviewed in the United States on 29 July 2014
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“Tecumseh, A Life” by John Sugden
This a grand treatise on one of the most important yet enigmatic figures in our history. It is very well researched and written, highly readable and immensely interesting.
In sleuthing to find the “real” Tecumseh, the author necessarily uncovers and illuminates innumerable other important characters in Tecumseh’s incredibly wide orbit. In the process, he also gives the reader an unusually candid and thorough look at the societies and events surrounding Tecumseh – a view that brings the contemporary non-celebrities and their lives amid the strife of the late 1700s into the reader’s realm of understanding. This book is well worth the read if only for that. But really is a lot more as evidenced by the fact that the author successfully reaches the point that Tecumseh wasn’t merely a “Noble Savage” or an “Indian Hero”. He was by all measure an American Hero whose legacy and example belongs to all of us.
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I.M.Edwards
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Red Indian History
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2018
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Not an easy read but very informative
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Falcon73
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Detailed - Solid History Book
Reviewed in the United States on 13 September 2019
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A few weeks ago I read The Pioneers (a great book, by the way) which renewed my interest in the Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley and Midwest. That was the reason I picked up Tecumseh: A Life.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in the tribes of the Ohio River, and specifically, the life of Tecumseh and his leadership among the Native American Nations. The book is excellently researched and the detail is incredible. If there is a weakness, it would be the lack of maps (I read the digital version) since the geographic references are important to the story.
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barry meehan
5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful insight into the life of Tecumseh
Reviewed in the United States on 11 February 2020
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As I grew up in the part of the country that this narrative takes place, I had a great feeling for the lands that Tecmseh walked, and always wished to know more about his life...this book helped me achieve a very good understanding of the type of man that he was and his effect on the times in which he was involved... A comprehensive feeling for the politics of the times both from the settlers and the native Americans in that region is well-documented in this book...
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