Description: Calloway offers an account of the early American settlers' drive to occupy the West, the Shawnee's unwavering defense of their homeland, and the bitter battles that resulted. Also noted are the instances of cooperation, collaboration, and intermarriage between the opposing forces.
Review Quotes: aThe history engages us fully. . . . The remarkable texturing of the historic period and the description of responses by early Americans and their leaders . . . set Callowayas book apart.a
a "Los Angeles Times"
a Fascinating, comprehensive and passionate.a
aLeslie Marmon Silko