Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation (Peter Cozzens)

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Of that Man of Destiny, the Shawnee Indian war chief Tecumseh. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here: https://theworthyhouse.com/2020/12/11/tecumseh-and-the-prophet-the-shawnee-brothers-who-defied-a-nation-peter-cozzens/)

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"I have always been aware of the great Shawnee Indian war chief Tecumseh. I grew up within walking distance of the site of his confederacy’s defeat, by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and often visited the battlefield as a child. Tecumseh himself wasn’t at the battle; he was far away, trying to raise Indian allies. The battle was instead lost by his inconstant brother, Tenskwatawa, known as the Prophet, with whom Tecumseh had a fraught, but close, relationship. In this book, Peter Cozzens expertly and evocatively traces the lives of these once-famous brothers, the last of the eastern woodlands Indians of North America to mount an effective challenge to the expanding United States." . . .

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