Gallop toward the sun : Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's struggle for the destiny of a nation

Title
  1. Gallop toward the sun : Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's struggle for the destiny of a nation / Peter Stark.
Published by
  1. New York : Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Author
  1. Stark, Peter, 1954-

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Description
  1. xxiv, 390 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm
Summary
  1. "The conquest of indigenous land in the American East through corrupt treaties and genocidal violence laid the groundwork for the conquest of the American West. Acclaimed author Peter Stark exposes the fundamental conflicts at play through the little-known but consequential struggle between two extraordinary leaders. William Henry Harrison was born to a prominent Virginia family, son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He journeyed west, became governor of vast Indiana Territory and sought statehood by attracting settlers and imposing one-sided treaties. Tecumseh belonged to an honored line of Shawnee warriors and chiefs. His father died while fighting the Virginians flooding into Kentucky and in his dying words, extracted a promise from his sons to "Never give in" to the land-hungry Americans. Tecumseh was, by all accounts, one of the nineteenth century's greatest leaders. An eloquent speaker, he traveled from Minnesota to Florida and west to the Great Plains convincing far flung tribes to join a great confederacy and face down their common, American, enemy. Eager to stop U.S. expansion, the British backed Tecumseh's confederacy in a series of battles during the forgotten western front of the War of 1812 that would determine control of the North American continent"--
Alternative title
  1. Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's struggle for the destiny of a nation
Subject
  1. Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813
  2. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
  3. 1789-1869
  4. Tecumseh's War, 1811-1817
  5. Indians
  6. Indians of North America > Land tenure
  7. Indians of North America > Government relations > 1789-1869
  8. Indians of North America > Government relations
  9. Relations with Indians
  10. Native Americans > Land tenure
  11. Native Americans > Government relations > 1789-1869
  12. Indians of North America
  13. Northwest, Old > History
  14. United States > Old Northwest
  15. America
  16. Northeastern States
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. The Stripling -- Mad Anthony and Little Turtle -- Family Honor -- Grouseland -- The Choice -- The Forked Path -- A Voice in the Moonlight -- Pretended Treaties -- Two Powers on the Wabash -- The Governor's New Boss -- In the Walnut Grove -- The Governor's Dark Thoughts -- Tenskwatawa Makes a Gamble -- A Lamp in the West -- A Case of Nerves -- Warrior from the East -- A Secret Passage Out -- General January -- The Fleet in the Wilderness -- In the Hands of the Great Spirit.
Call number
  1. JFE 23-2829
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Stark, Peter, 1954- author.
Title
  1. Gallop toward the sun : Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's struggle for the destiny of a nation / Peter Stark.
Publisher
  1. New York : Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local note
  1. EXAMINES TECUMSEH'S ALLIANCE AIMED AT STOPPING WESTWARD EXPANSION.
Chronological term
  1. 1789-1869
Other form:
  1. Online version: Stark, Peter. Gallop toward the sun First edition. New York : Random House, 2023 9780593133620 (DLC) 2023004923
LCCN
  1. 2023004922
ISBN
  1. 9780593133613 (hardcover)
  2. 0593133617 (hardcover)
  3. 9780593133620 (electronic book)
Research call number
  1. JFE 23-2829
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