Indian Biography, Vol. 1

by B. B. Thatcher

Overview

"Indian Biography, Vol. 1: Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters" by B. B. Thatcher is the first volume in a two-part series that offers a comprehensive historical and biographical narrative of notable figures among the North American natives. This work highlights the lives of individuals renowned for their roles as orators, warriors, statesmen, and other significant personas.
From the Preface: This book requires neither an elaborate explanation nor an apology. It serves as a historical tribute to the legacies of many wise, brilliant, brave, and remarkable men—patriots, orators, warriors, and statesmen—who led and influenced their communities. Though these leaders were often considered barbarians, their eloquence, influence, and diverse achievements are all the more admirable and deserving of recognition.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186011880
Publisher:	Mamba Press
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Series:	Indian Biography , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Benjamin Bussey Thatcher was author, born in Warren, Maine, S October, 1809; died in Boston, 14 July, 1840. His father, Samuel, a graduate of Harvard in 1793 and a lawyer, represented Massachusetts in congress in 1802-'5, serving afterward eleven years in the legislature. He was a trustee of Harvard and a founder of Warren academy. The son, upon his graduation at Bowdoin in 1826, studied law and was admitted to the bar in Boston, but devoted himself to literature. In 1836-'8 he travelled in Europe for his health, contributing during the time to British and American periodicals. He wrote for the "North American Review" in 1831, and contributed to the "Essayist" several critiques on American poets which attracted notice. He edited the " Boston Book" in 1837, the " Colonizationist," a periodical in the interests of the Liberian cause, which he further aided by eloquent speeches, and a volume of Mrs. Hemans's poems, to which he contributed a preface. He left in manuscript an account, of' his residence in Europe. His poems, some of which are in Griswold's " Poets and Poetry of America" (1842), and his reviews and essays, have never been collected. He published "Biography of North American Indians " (2 vols., New York, 1832: new ed., 1842); "Memoir of Phillis Wheatley " (Boston, 1834): "Memoir of S. Osgood Wright" (1834) ; "Traits of the Boston Tea-Party" (1835): "Traits of Indian Manners, etc." (1835); and "Tales of the American Revolution" (1846).