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The Shawnees and the War for America Audiobook
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Acclaimed historian Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and American Indian studies, is the series editor for The Penguin Library of American Indian History. Rich in detail and highly readable, this compelling narrative portrays the Shawnees' valiant struggle to maintain their way of life. "A remarkably accessible distillation of Shawnee history."-Publishers Weekly
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"This was a well done, concise history of the Shawnee covering the years just prior to the American Revolution to the mid 19th century. The record of US treatment of native tribes is a pretty sordid one. The Shawnee were one of the more resistant of the tribes and suffered greatly for their efforts."
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“The history engages us fully…The remarkable texturing of the historic period and the description of responses by early Americans and their leaders…set Calloway’s book apart.”
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“A remarkably accessible distillation of Shawnee history…The treks and treaties are not always easy reading, but Calloway’s text is enlivened with judicious first-person excerpts and his passion for his subject. His heart is with the Shawnees, but he writes with balance of the fateful meeting of the cultures on the frontiers.”
— Publishers Weekly
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" Really good, quick read detailing the history of the Shawnee Indians and their dealings with the superpowers of the sixteenth through the early twentieth centuries. "
— David, 3/14/2012 -
" concise, well written, and interesting. i wish there were more short histories like this. "
— Jake, 6/12/2010 -
" Really good, quick read detailing the history of the Shawnee Indians and their dealings with the superpowers of the sixteenth through the early twentieth centuries. "
— David, 6/13/2008
About Colin G. Calloway
Colin G. Calloway is a professor of history and Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College. His many books on early American history include New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America and The American Revolution in Indian Country. His most recent work, One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark, received the Ray Allen Billington Prize, the Merle Curti Award, and many other prizes, and was named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year.
About George K. Wilson
George K. Wilson is a working actor in stage, film, television, and commercials with almost one hundred audiobook narrations to his credit. He began in broadcast journalism with American Forces Radio and Television and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He had a lead role in the cult film classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and appeared on television’s One Life to Live, Ryan’s Hope, and The Doctors and has been heard on voice-overs for The Guiding Light and The Cosby Show, as well as many television and radio commercials.