The French & Indian War, or the Seven Years' War
I have always been drawn to the first world war, the one that began in a remote glen in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1754 and by its end changed the look of the world in 1763. It sets up the American War of Independence, the decades of war between Britain and France -- in many ways, the modern age itself. For twenty years I attended as a vendor the annual seminar of the Braddock Road Preservation Association, and it educated and entertained me with some of the best scholars in the field. On this page I will offer new books and classics, dvds and audiobooks, and any other worthy items of the 18th century that relate to the "wilderness war."
The Life of Tecumseh And his Brother the Prophet: A History of the Shawnee
The Life of Tecumseh And his Brother the Prophet: A History of the Shawnee
American historian Henry Trumbull stamped Tecumseh as "the most extraordinary Indian that has appeared in history," and today, almost two centuries after his death, Tecumseh still looms as the greatest native leader in the long and tragic struggle of the American Indians to hold on to their homeland. Written in 1841 and published in 1855, this Benjamin Drake book describes the story of the story of that great leader and his people, their struggle with life and their pursuit of an Indian homelands fairly and accurately. Using many original sources, including General Harrison's personal papers, Drake makes Tecumseh and the Shawnee come alive once more. Even though he died in the Battle of Thames that fateful day in 1813, his spirit lives on in this great book!