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They had defeated the French and now the English possessed the vast North American Empire. Soldiers, traders, settlers--all began the trek across the wilderness to claim the land and its riches. Against this relentless tide Indian warriors rose up in bitter fury exploded in the bloody battle for the conquest of the Northwest territory.Tags
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Pontiac is not such an attractive character as Tecumseh the Shawnee, but he fought back against the Colonist victory in 1763 as best he could. The story is exciting, and can provide some interesting talking points for neither side was squeaky clean, morally. Eckert's narrative style is attractive.
This story (account?) of the atrocities committed by both sides (along with the numerous lies told by the Whites was captivating in a horrifying way.
I often found myself gripped by terror when reading about the sieges at the various forts, but I was even more saddened by the tales of settlers and soldiers attacking and slaughtering innocent natives who believed their lies and promises to not advance any further into native lands.
This part of history was scary.
I often found myself gripped by terror when reading about the sieges at the various forts, but I was even more saddened by the tales of settlers and soldiers attacking and slaughtering innocent natives who believed their lies and promises to not advance any further into native lands.
This part of history was scary.
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Allan W. Eckert was born in Buffalo, New York on January 30, 1931. He served in the United States Air Force and attended the University of Dayton and Ohio State University. He was a historian, naturalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter and playwright. He wrote over 40 books during his lifetime including A Time of Terror: The Great Dayton Flood, Wild show more Season, The Silent Sky, The Frontiersmen, Wilderness Empire, The Conquerors, and A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh, which were all nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in literature. He received the Newbery Honor Book Award for Incident at Hawk's Hill. He also wrote almost all of the scripts for television's Wild Kingdom and adapted The Frontiersmen into the play Tecumseh! He died of prostate cancer on July 7, 2011 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Conquerors
- Original publication date
- 1985
- Dedication
- With warmth and great esteem, this book is dedicated to a truly good friend, Richard Reinauer
- First words
- The fur-wrapped figure sitting on the high ledge jutting from the cliff was as motionless as the rock formation behind him and the barren shelf upon which he sat.
Author's Note: The Conquerors is fact, not fiction. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Pontiac was dead.
- Disambiguation notice
- Both 'The Conquerors' and 'Wilderness Empire' are labeled as Book II of Narratives of America in the Bantam Books set. Clearly 'The Conquerors' is the third is the series chronologically.
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