Little, Brown, Date: 1984-01-01. Paperback. Good. A good softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text has a small amount of underlining and highlighting. Front cover has a diagonal crease. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. 1984. Little, Brown ISBN 0316211699 9780316211697 [US]

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Little Brown & Company ISBN 0316211699 9780316211697 [US]

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Little Brown & Company ISBN 0316211699 9780316211697 [US]

Little Brown & Company, Date: 1984. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1984. Little Brown & Company ISBN 0316211699 9780316211697 [US]

Little, Brown. 1st. Date: 1984. good. Hardcover. ISBN:0316211699 246pp including index & 8pp b/w ils; b/w full-page map; underlining & marginalia; 7.75" tall; maroon cover with gilt lettering on spine; chips & tears to edges of cream dj with b/w il on front of cream dust jacket, in new protective mylar . 1984. Little, Brown ISBN 0316211699 9780316211697 [US]

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Date: 1984. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 8. 246 Pages Indexed. The Europeans who settled in North America never came to grips with the presence of an indigenous population. They began with the assumption the Providence had left the land empty for their use. They consistently underestimated the importance of cultural differences. In their view all peoples descended from a common pair of ancestors and if they behanved in an unexpected fashion it was from ignorance or malice. Deviations were to be dealt with forcibly. Nor did the Indians recognize the cultural diversity and they tended to address one another in family terms as brothers or fathers. The advancing line of white homesteads crowded tribes into a last refuge and by then they had acquired weapons and the skill to resist. Tecumseh and the Propohet were the products of those long years of cultural strife. They saw clearly the threat to the Indian way of life but in the end they were unable to put together a confederation capable of holding back the advancing white settlers. This thoughtfull account of the leader of that desperate attempt at resistance shows how and why Tecumseh failed. Contents in Nine Chapters: The Shawnees, Learning the Warrior's Path, A Culture Under Siege, Red Messiah, The Moses of the Family, To Tippecanoe, Red Ascendancy, Death on the Thames, and Tecumseh in Retrospect. Sources are included. Illustrated with two maps -- The ...