Echoes from the Eastern Shore: Twelve Native American Chiefs and the Fight for the Atlantic Homelands - Couverture souple

McLendon, Ward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1971207160 ISBN 13 : 9781971207162

Editeur : Unbound Press, 2026

Synopsis

For Native nations, first contact was not a single encounter on a beach. It was a generations-long crisis of war, disease, betrayal, and survival.

Long before American independence, Indigenous leaders along the eastern seaboard were already fighting to preserve their lands, protect their people, and outmaneuver rival colonies hungry for power. Echoes from the Eastern Shore tells the stories of twelve chiefs whose decisions shaped the earliest struggles for North America. They were not bystanders to history. They were diplomats managing fragile alliances, war leaders meeting invasion with force, strategists balancing old rivalries against new threats, and spiritual authorities holding shattered communities together.

From tense treaty councils to sudden attacks, shifting confederacies to last stands, their lives reveal a truth often ignored: the story of early America was not driven by colonists alone. Drawing on historical records and Indigenous perspectives, this book challenges familiar frontier myths and restores intelligence, agency, and political power to the Native leaders who confronted colonial expansion first.

Perfect for readers of Native American history, colonial America, and narrative nonfiction in the tradition of David Grann and Nathaniel Philbrick.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unbound Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1971207160
• ISBN 13: 9781971207162
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg