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William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest
- Title
- William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest / William Heath.
- Author
- Heath, William, 1942-
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured by the Miami Indians at the age of thirteen, and adopted into the tribe, William Wells (17701812) moved between two cultures all his life but was comfortable in neither. Vilified by some historians for his divided loyalties, he remains relatively unknown even though he is worthy of comparison with such famous frontiersmen. Heaths thoroughly researched book is the first biography of this man-in-the-middle. Heath examines pioneer life in the Ohio Valley from both white and Indian perspectives, yielding rich insights into Wellss career as well as broader events on the post-revolutionary American frontier, where Anglo-Americans pushing westward competed with the Indian nations of the Old Northwest for control of territory.
- Subjects
- Soldiers
- Indian agents
- United States
- Indians of North America > Wars
- Miami Indians > Wars
- United States > Northwest, Old
- Wells, William, 1770-1812
- Indians of North America > Wars > 1750-1815
- Miami Indians > Biography
- Northwest, Old > History > 1775-1865
- Soldiers > United States > Biography
- History
- Indian agents > United States > Biography
- 1750-1865
- Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-482) and index.
- Contents
- Life and death on Beargrass Creek -- Becoming Miami -- Warpaths -- Little Turtle triumphant -- William Wells, American spy -- Scouting for Mad Anthony Wayne -- Interpreting peace -- Civilizing the Indians -- Confronting Tecumseh -- Death at Fort Dearborn.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-593
- ISBN
- 9780806151199
- 0806151196
- LCCN
- 2014026613
- OCLC
- 905955449
- Author
- Heath, William, 1942- author.
- Title
- William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest / William Heath.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-482) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1750-1865
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-593