A wampum denied [[electronic resource] ] : Procter's War of 1812 / / Sandy Antal

• Autore: Antal Sandy
• Pubblicazione: [Ottawa, Ontario], : Carleton University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 450 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 973.5/23
• Soggetto topico: Shawnee Indians - Wars
• Soggetto geografico: Michigan History War of 1812 Campaigns
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [413-426]) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Epigraph -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- An Earthly Paradise -- Clouds of War -- Duels on the Sewers -- Procter Arrives -- The Cession of Michigan -- Stalemate -- Calm Before the Storm -- Blood and Ice: Frenchtown -- After Frenchtown -- Bungle in the Mud: Fort Meigs -- Frontal Warfare -- Decision at Put-in-Bay -- Crisis at Amherstburg -- Chase on the Thames -- Finale at Moraviantown -- Consequences -- Aftermath -- Post-Moraviantown Sketches of Combatants -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This formative history takes a new look at a dramatic conflict-the war on the Detroit frontier in 1812-13. Powerful key players (Procter, Tecumseh 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 were 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A wampum denied
• ISBN: 1-282-86419-X; 9786612864193; 0-7735-7405-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782730303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Carleton library series ; ; 191.