Tecumseh: A Life

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Tecumseh slowly built a following to resist white expansion. He was leery of the British, but concluded that he needed their weaponry in order for his vision to work. Tecumseh proved to be skilled fighter and a brilliant tactician.

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But in the end, Tecumseh was flustered by supply lines that were too long and by his partnership with the indecisive General Proctor, who lacked resolution and vision and made decisions that made little sense to the British high command or to Tecumseh, who had proved himself to be the best asset the British had. Oct 09, Jessna Woods rated it really liked it. It is a purely education book, but gives the author's opinion here and there given the rumor and romantic subject matter. Aug 10, Tom rated it it was amazing Shelves: For me, Tecumseh was always one of those tragic "noble savages" who was turned into a one-dimensional mythological character down through the years.

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Like many Indian leaders, he was venerated only after he was dead and thereby no longer a threat to the "Manifest Destiny" of America. Sugden goes a long way towards humanizing Tecumseh, without engaging in apotheosis or character sniping. Still, he comes off as a larger-than-life figure.

Can you imagine anyone today taking on the combined roles of For me, Tecumseh was always one of those tragic "noble savages" who was turned into a one-dimensional mythological character down through the years. Sugden appears to have command of both the larger geo-political conditions of the day and the blood and tactics of individual battles and Indian village life.

Sugden is a dramatic storyteller.

He gives such a vivid portrait of Tecumseh's life that by the end, when T. May 17, Yasmin rated it really liked it. This book has more background and personally history of Tecumseh than the book I read about Tecumseh and Brock.

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A very interesting and detailed account of his life. A worthwhile and recommended read for anyone interested in Canadian history, U. S history and the history of the aboriginal peoples. It is a pity from all the accurate and comprehensive studies on Tecumseh that he is not more widely recognised for his contributions to history whether it was the one war of or the other war for the This book has more background and personally history of Tecumseh than the book I read about Tecumseh and Brock.

It is a pity from all the accurate and comprehensive studies on Tecumseh that he is not more widely recognised for his contributions to history whether it was the one war of or the other war for the aboriginal peoples that lasted until or his contributions of localised history of the U. S and the First Nations.

John Sugden's biography of the great Shawnee chief Tecumseh is an authoritative investigation of his life and legend. Sugden investigates the legend and highlights what he understands to be the facts, based on painful investigation of the known sources relating to Tecumseh. This he successfully does, while providing the reader with an understanding of Tecumseh the man, alongside Tecumseh and his mission. For me the book also provides an insight into the machinations of early American government, John Sugden's biography of the great Shawnee chief Tecumseh is an authoritative investigation of his life and legend.

For me the book also provides an insight into the machinations of early American government, expansion and imperialist ambition. As has usually been the case with native peoples, the Shawnee nation and other native American nations was exploited and treated extremely poorly by the young American nation.

I would recommend this book to those living in the United States as a very helpful book for providing an insight into how poorly native Americans were treated in the early years of the independent United States of America, and how the native peoples of that country were exploited and dispossessed of their country in such an unfeeling manner. Perhaps there are lessons to be learnt for today and forgiveness to be sought for yesterday, as there is in my own country's treatment of its indigenous peoples.

Oct 20, Wendy rated it did not like it Shelves: I hated this one. It was dry, and heavy, and Sugden would present a bunch of stuff as fact, only to later tell you that it was conjecture. Let's waste our readers' time, shall we? So that ticked me off. Really, just the whole tone of the thing ticked me off.

Who does Sugden think he is? He wasn't at all objective, and seems to think his opinions are law. I always find that distasteful to read, even when I agree with the person, and I didn't agree with him most of the time. Oct 06, Andrew rated it it was amazing.

A great contribution to the literature of native resistance. This one took me a while to read because it is very in-depth and a very detailed look at the life of both Tecumseh and his younger brother, the Prophet or Tenskwetawa. The book is an academic account that is well documented with ample footnotes and notations of interest.

This is probably the fullest and most authoritative account of the Shawnee prince that I have read. A good read for the historian. Jun 30, Alexus rated it it was ok. Interesting subject matter, but Sugden's prose is tedious and makes this one very hard to get through. My interest waned as I worked through it because of this, even though I am very interested in this period and the subject. Maybe it's the difficulty of writing a biography of a figure with a largely undocumented life that is the problem? I was thinking about picking up his volumes on Nelson, but I'm not sure if I can make it through if the writing is the same as in this book.

Jun 16, Glen rated it liked it. This is a very long book, or at least it seemed so to me. I learned a good deal about the period of American and Canadian history spanned by the Shawnee leader's life, but I found Sugden's prose to be less than lively and the book more full of detail than a non-historian like me really wanted to wade through. Not my cup of broth, but I respect the scholarship and the subject. Apr 27, Gail rated it really liked it. One of the most factual accounts of the life of Tecumseh that I've come across.

Told with quite a bit of information from Canadian sources, which gives an entirely different viewpoint than the American versions. In the brothers founded Prophetstown in northwestern Indiana, which they envisioned as the capital of their confederacy. That same year, Tecumseh met with British officials in Canada.

Tecumseh: A Life

Tecumseh even made it as far south as present-day Alabama and Mississippi, where he preached with limited success to Chickasaws, Choctaws and Creeks. While Tecumseh was down south in fall , William Henry Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territory, decided to march on Prophetstown. Tecumseh had told his brother to avoid war with the Americans, but when soldiers advanced to within a mile of the town on November 6, the Prophet greenlighted a preemptive strike.

In the end, though the Native Americans likely suffered fewer casualties than their opponents in the Battle of Tippecanoe, they were forced to retreat and abandon Prophetstown. Harrison then burned it to the ground.

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When the War of broke out in June of that year, Tecumseh and his supporters immediately joined with the British. During one of the first engagements of the conflict, U. General William Hull and about 2, men invaded Canada from Detroit. The following year, Tecumseh participated in failed sieges of two forts in Ohio.

He then reluctantly retreated with the British back into Canada. Afterwards, the surviving Shawnee divided into groups and dispersed in various directions. Most eventually ended up in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, since Tecumseh did no interviews and left behind no letters or journals, storytellers filled the gaps in his life with wild tales. Both accounts, and many others like them, are almost certainly untrue. We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!

2. Tecumseh took part in the worst defeat ever inflicted by Native Americans on U.S. forces.

Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Tecumseh lost three close family members to frontier violence. Tecumseh took part in the worst defeat ever inflicted by Native Americans on U. Tecumseh tried to unite all tribes against white expansion.

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