Book 2006

The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero

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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 2006

Indigenous peoples
Social Science
Indians in literature
Biography
United States - Colonial Period
English
Sociology
USA

The leaders of anti-colonial wars of resistance - Metacom, Pontiac, Tecumseh and Cuauhtemoc - spread fear across the frontiers of North America. However, after their defeat, they became martyrs. Gordon Sayre analyses the tragedies and epics written aboutthese leaders and explores their own speeches and strategies.