Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership (Library of American Biography Series)

by Edmunds, David

• ISBN13: 9780321043719
• ISBN10: 0321043715
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-11
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadershipmakes clear the tense cultural environment of the period through exploring this important figure. The new Study and Discussion Questions extend the text to facilitate discussions in the classroom or in student study groups.Shawnee Indians, William Henry Harrison, Tenskwatawa, Detroit, Treaty of Fort Wayne, Battle of the Thames, Henry Proctor, Indian Leadership.Readers interested in learning about Tecumseh and the era in which he lived. History of Native Americans, U.S. History Survey I (to 1877), U.S. History Survey (One Semester), U.S. History Survey (Two Semesters), anyone who employs biographies in the classroom.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	iv
Author's Preface	vi
1 The Shawnees	1	(16)
2 Learning the Warrior's Path	17	(26)
3 A Culture Under Siege	43	(26)
4 Red Messiah	69	(26)
5 "The Moses of the Family"	95	(28)
6 To Tippecanoe	123	(24)
7 Red Ascendancy	147	(26)
8 Death on the Thames	173	(24)
9 Tecumseh in Retrospect	197	(12)
Study and Discussion Questions	209	(5)
A Note on the Sources	214	(9)
Index	223