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The patriot chiefs : a chronicle of American Indian resistance

Author:Alvin M. Josephy

Summary: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

Print Book, English, 1976, ©1961

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York, 1976, ©1961

Genre:Biography

Physical Description:xiv, 364 pages : maps ; 20 cm

ISBN:

9780140042191, 0140042199

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:2471999

Subjects:

Indians of North America

Indians of North America Biography

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Patriot chiefs.

Josephy, Alvin M., 1915-2005.

Contents:

The real Hiawatha

The betrayal of King Philip

Popé and the Great Pueblo Uprising

The wilderness war of Pontiac

Tecumseh, the greatest indian

The death of Osceola

The rivalry of Black Hawk and Keokuk

Crazy Horse, Patriot of the Plains

The Last Stand of Chief Joseph