The Autobiography of Black Hawk

Black Hawk; J. B. Patterson (editor)

ISBN 10: 1602067619 / ISBN 13: 9781602067615

Edité par Cosimo Classics, New York, NY, 2007

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Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Pictorial wrapper with white lettering. 155 informative and historical pages! "One of the most respected personages in Native American history, BLACK HAWK (1767-1838), Sauk war chief of the Native American tribe in Illinois, was already a renowned name in the early 1800s, having fought for the British during the War of 1812. By 1832, when Black Hawk led warriors against encroaching European settlers on Sauk lands, he was so well-known that the engagement became known as the Black Hawk War. In his 1833 autobiography, Black Hawk-dictating to American newspaper editor JOHN BARTON PATTERSON (1805-1890)-tells his tale, from the "Indian wars" as he saw them to his capture, in 1832, by American forces and his subsequent meeting with President Andrew Jackson and grand tour of the United States. A provocative look at Black Hawk's wisdom and, ironically, his misunderstanding of the politics of the United States, this is a fascinating firsthand account of one of the foundational philosophical battles of American history.".

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• Titre: The Autobiography of Black Hawk
• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics, New York, NY
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1602067619
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781602067615
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 10 onces
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Synopsis

One of the most respected personages in Native American history, BLACK HAWK (1767-1838), Sauk war chief of the Native American tribe in Illinois, was already a renowned name in the early 1800s, having fought for the British during the War of 1812. By 1832, when Black Hawk led warriors against encroaching European settlers on Sauk lands, he was so well-known that the engagement became known as the Black Hawk War. In his 1833 autobiography, Black Hawk-dictating to American newspaper editor JOHN BARTON PATTERSON (1805-1890)-tells his tale, from the "Indian wars" as he saw them to his capture, in 1832, by American forces and his subsequent meeting with President Andrew Jackson and grand tour of the United States. A provocative look at Black Hawk's wisdom and, ironically, his misunderstanding of the politics of the United States, this is a fascinating firsthand account of one of the foundational philosophical battles of American history.

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Black Hawk or Black Sparrow Hawk (Sauk Makataimeshekiakiak (1767-October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the United States. While he had inherited an important historic medicine bundle, he was not a hereditary civil chief of the Sauk, but was an appointed war chief, and was generally known in English as Black Hawk.

During the War of 1812 he fought on the side of the British. Later he led a band of Sauk and Fox warriors against settlers in Illinois and present-day Wisconsin in the 1832 Black Hawk War. After the war he was captured and taken to the eastern U.S. where he and other British Band leaders toured several cities. Black Hawk died in 1838 in what is now southeastern Iowa. Black Hawk has left behind an enduring legacy through many eponyms, and other tributes. Jim Thorpe is often incorrectly declared as directly related to Black Hawk. (Quote from wikipedia.org)

About the Author

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the most important and influential Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity and as a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation and as a