This book wonderfully describes the life of the Shawnee War Chief, Tecumseh. Step back in time and become engulfed in history. ( )

This book is so full of shit. I don't understand how this guy got away with it for all those years. ( )

The critically acclaimed, award-winning author of A Sorrow in Our Heart brings to life an event that marked a major turning point in the history of the American frontier--the settling of the Ohio River Valley. "Compelling reading--an epic narrative history."--Publishers Weekly. ( )

to my mind, Tecumseh and Abraham Lincoln are unique examples of the "Self-made Man", the American ideal. The fact that one was white and the other Indian pale in comparison to their mutual achievement of attaining political power and then using it for the benefit of their people as a whole, and rising above the prejudices of their time, and their communities. The life of Tecumseh has been researched by Alan Eckert, as he said three times, once for his book "The frontiersmen", again for "Gateway to Empitr", and again for this purpose-built biography. Each time discarding received information and substituting stuff arising from better sources. This is the final word on the man whose life was tragically cut short by the battle on the Thames river in Ontario. Had he survived for the peace negotiations at the end of the war of 1812, Indians everywhere in America, would have been better off.
This book is about how much the right man can accomplish in the political arena, with only talent.
The book also includes material that really changed my concept of Simon Girty, who has been badly maligned by Zane Grey, in his acts of filial piety. Read it, and understand what a tragedy it was, that Lincoln and Tecumseh never met....one of the interesting "What ifs?..." of history. ( )

Narrative style story of Tecumseh gets rave reviews 1068 pages
Tecumseh played an important role in the founding of the Redstick Movement in Alabama with his visit in 1811