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Author:

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Title:

The Shawnees and the war for America / Colin G. Calloway.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

216 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Shawnee Indians--Wars, 1775-1783.
Tenskwatawa,--Shawnee Prophet.
Tecumseh,--Shawnee Chief,--1768-1813.
Cornstalk,--Shawnee Chief,--1720?-1777.
Blue Jacket,--b. ca. 1752.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Shawnees and their neighbors -- The greatest travelers in America -- Taking on the British Empire -- The travails of Cornstalk -- Neglected like bastards -- Blue Jacket and the Northwestern Confederation -- Black Hoof and the Wapakoneta way -- The visions of Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh -- Removals and survivals -- Afterword.

Summary:

An account of early American settler efforts to claim Shawnee territories in Ohio, Kentucky, and other states traces how the Shawnee tribe met American forces on equal terms before being forced to fight in order to salvage its cultural and political independence.

Series:

The Penguin library of American Indian history.

ISBN:

0670038628
9780670038626

LCCN:

2007013496

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)