Bibliograph

Tecumseh & Brock, the War of 1812, James Laxer

Type

Label

Tecumseh & Brock, the War of 1812, James Laxer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-340) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tecumseh & Brock

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

771915288

Responsibility statement

James Laxer

Sub title

the War of 1812

Summary

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. Bestselling author, historian, political scientist, and scholar James Laxer offers a fresh and compelling view of this decisive war <U+2014> which historians have long treated as a second American revolution <U+2014> 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. Highly engaging and impeccably researched, Tecumseh and Brock is a powerful work of history, an epic story of empires and emerging nations, of politics and power, and of two leaders whose legacy still lives on today

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Tecumseh and Brock

Classification