This formative history takes a new look at the dramatic conflict of the war on the Detroit frontier in 1812-13 Powerful key players (Tecumseh, Procter, and Brock), their disparate war aims, and the all or nothing character of the campaigns they waged still seem larger than life. Yet, Sandy Antal's careful reconstruction of native and national aspiration, vested colonial interest, and territorial aggression reveals motives and expedients that are as often mundane as heroic. A Wampum Denied reassesses the much-maligned career of Henry Procter, commander of the British forces, traces the Canadian/British/Native side of the conflict (amid a literature dominated by the American view), and casts new light on an allied military strategy that very nearly succeeded, but when it failed, failed spectacularly.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Michigan STATE University Press
ISBN-10
0870134434
ISBN-13
9780870134432
eBay Product ID (ePID)
127451288
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wampum Denied : Procter's War of 1812
Author
Sandy Antal
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / War of 1812, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native Americans
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science