Blue Jacket:Warrior of the Shawnees

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ISBN: 9780803293021
Dewey: 979.004973
LCC Number: E99.S35
Author: John Peter Sugden
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Pages: 350
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Description

Blue Jacket (ca.1743-ca.1808)| or Waweyapiersenwaw| was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought a long and bloody war against white encroachments into the Shawnees’ 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 Shawnees’ independence and territory.
In this arresting and controversial account| John Sugden depicts the most influential Native American leader of his time.
John Sugden is an independent scholar and a former associate editor of Oxford University Press’s American National Biography project.
His books include Tecumseh: A Life| winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award.

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Weight 1.15 lbs
Dimensions 5.82 × 8.75 × 1.11 in
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