The Patriot Chiefs
A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance; Revised Edition
Published on 1. November 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-14-023463-3 (ISBN)
Description
"A valuable chronicle of the greatness and majesty of the Indian chiefs."-Christian Science Monitor
Told through the life stories of nine Indian chiefs, this narrative depicts the American Indian effort to preserve a heritage and resist the changes brought by the white man. Hiawatha, King Philip, Pope, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola, Black Hawk, Crazy Horse, and Chief Joseph each represent different tribal backgrounds, different times and places, and different aspects of Indian leadership. Soldiers, philosophers, orators, and statesmen, these leaders were the patriots of their people. Their heroic and tragic stories comprise an integral part of American history.
"Josephy tells his nine lives with . . . a cold-blooded historian's perspective, sorrowing for both white man and red."-Time
"More than a series of biographical sketches . . . Josephy places his Indian heroes in a broad historical setting and pictures them as fighters for freedom in the American tradition."-The New York Times Book Review
Told through the life stories of nine Indian chiefs, this narrative depicts the American Indian effort to preserve a heritage and resist the changes brought by the white man. Hiawatha, King Philip, Pope, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola, Black Hawk, Crazy Horse, and Chief Joseph each represent different tribal backgrounds, different times and places, and different aspects of Indian leadership. Soldiers, philosophers, orators, and statesmen, these leaders were the patriots of their people. Their heroic and tragic stories comprise an integral part of American history.
"Josephy tells his nine lives with . . . a cold-blooded historian's perspective, sorrowing for both white man and red."-Time
"More than a series of biographical sketches . . . Josephy places his Indian heroes in a broad historical setting and pictures them as fighters for freedom in the American tradition."-The New York Times Book Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-023463-3 (9780140234633)
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The Patriot Chiefs
A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance
Book
01/1977
Penguin Books Ltd
€22.17
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Person
Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., a leading historian of the American West, was the author of many award-winning books, including The Patriot Chiefs, The Indian Heritage of America, Now That the Buffalo's Gone, The Civil War in the American West, 500 Nations, and A Walk Toward Oregon. He was a vice president and editor of American Heritage magazine, the founding chairman of the board of trustees of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and president of the Western History Association. Josephy died in the fall of 2005.
Content
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter I: The Real Hiawatha
Chapter II: The Betrayal of King Philip
Chapter III: Popee and the Great Pueblo Uprising
Chapter IV: The Wilderness War of Pontiac
Chapter V: Tecumseh, the Greatest Indian
Chapter VI: The Death of Osceola
Chapter VII: The Rivalry of Black Hawk and Keokuk
Chapter VIII: Crazy Horse, Patriot of the Plains
Chapter IX: The Last Stand of Chief Joseph
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Foreword
Chapter I: The Real Hiawatha
Chapter II: The Betrayal of King Philip
Chapter III: Popee and the Great Pueblo Uprising
Chapter IV: The Wilderness War of Pontiac
Chapter V: Tecumseh, the Greatest Indian
Chapter VI: The Death of Osceola
Chapter VII: The Rivalry of Black Hawk and Keokuk
Chapter VIII: Crazy Horse, Patriot of the Plains
Chapter IX: The Last Stand of Chief Joseph
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index