Tecumseh and Brock
Subtitle: The War of 1812
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780887842610
Subjects: Tecumseh, shawnee chief, 1768-1813; Brock, isaac, sir, 1769-1812; United states, history, war of 1812; Canada, history, 1791-1841
Description: "At the turn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is at the height of its ascendancy; Napoleonic France is struggling to maintain its position as a world power; and the incumbent American empire is quickly expanding its territory, while the Native peoples struggle to establish their own confederacy, their own independent nation. James Laxer offers a fresh and compelling view of this decisive war? which historians have long treated as a second American revolution? by bringing to life the Native struggle for nationhood and sovereignty; the battle between the British Empire and the United States over Upper and Lower Canada; and finally, at the heart of it, the unlikely friendship and political alliance of two towering figures of history: Tecumseh, the Shawnee chieftain and charismatic leader of the Native confederacy, and Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, protector and defender of the British Empire."--Jacket.