
The Indian World Of George Washington: The First President, The First Americans, And The Birth Of The Nation
In this sweeping new biography, Colin Calloway uses the prism of George Washington's life to bring focus to the great Native leaders of his time--Shingas, Tanaghrisson, Bloody Fellow, Joseph Brant, Red Jacket, Little Turtle--and the tribes they represented: the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape, Miami, Creek, Delaware; in the process, he returns them to their rightful place in the story of America's fo...
Hardcover: 640 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 6, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0190652160
ISBN-13: 978-0190652166
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 1.7 x 6.1 inches
Amazon Rank: 8998
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“As the author highlights, biographies of George Washington do not effectively cover his interfaces with the American Indians. In fact, George Washington spent a lot of time interfacing with the Indians, in war and in peace through negotiations on pe...”
nding. The Indian World of George Washington spans decades of Native American leaders' interactions with Washington, from his early days as surveyor of Indian lands, to his military career against both the French and the British, to his presidency, when he dealt with Native Americans as a head of state would with a foreign power, using every means of diplomacy and persuasion to fulfill the new republic's destiny by appropriating their land. By the end of his life, Washington knew more than anyone else in America about the frontier and its significance to the future of his country.The Indian World of George Washington offers a fresh portrait of the most revered American and the Native Americans whose story has been only partially told. Calloway's biography invites us to look again at the history of America's beginnings and see the country in a whole new light.
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