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R. David Edmunds

Author of Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership

20+ Works 507 Members 1 Review 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the names: R. David Edmunds, Russell Davis Edmunds

Image credit: University of Texas at Dallas

Works by R. David Edmunds

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership (1984) 125 copies, 1 review

The Shawnee Prophet (1983) 84 copies

The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire (1978) 78 copies

American Indian Leaders (1980) 54 copies

Indians and a Changing Frontier: The Art of George Winter (1993) — Author — 45 copies

The People: A History of Native America (2007) 32 copies

The Fox Wars: The Mesquakie Challenge to New France (1993) 25 copies

The New Warriors (2001) 23 copies

Enduring Nations (2008) 21 copies

The Otoe-Missouria People (1976) 10 copies

The Potawatomis 1 copy

The Potawatomi Role in Frontier Settlement 1 copy

"The Nez Perce Flight For Justice," 1 copy

The Otoe-Missouria people 1 copy

Voices in the Drum: Narratives from the Native American Past (2023) 1 copy

The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire, R. David Edmunds, 1978 1st edition HC (1777) 1 copy

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership by R. David Edmunds (1984-01-01) (1866) 1 copy

The Potawatomis - Keepers of the Fire (1980) 1 copy

"Wea Participation in the Northwest Indian Wars, 1790-1795," Filson Club History Quarterly, XLVI (1972), 241-253. 1 copy

Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership 1 copy

Associated Works

New Peoples: Being & Becoming Métis in North America (1985) — Contributor — 58 copies

The Kansa Indians; a history of the Wind People, 1673-1873 (1971) — Foreword, some editions — 37 copies

Native Americans and the Early Republic (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies

Utah Historical Quarterly - Vol. 49, No. 1, Winter 1981 - Utah's Harsh Lands (1981) — Contributor — 3 copies

Tagged

19th century (7) 19th century history (2) American history (14) American Indians (5) art (12) biography (33) Biography & Autobiography (2) culture (3) culture and society (3) Eastern Woodlands (3) fox (2) General (3) Great Lakes (3) history (47) History and Archaeology (4) Indian (4) Indiana (3) Indians (18) Indigenous Studies (4) leaders (5) Native America (2) Native American (27) Native American History (6) Native Americans (17) Native Chiefs (3) Native leaders (2) non-fiction (8) North American Indians (4) Potawatomi (7) Potawatomi Indians (3) reference (4) Shawnee (10) Tecumseh (8) textbooks (3) to-read (4) US (3) USA (8) violence (2) War of 1812 (5) WMLibrary (2)

Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Edmunds, R. David
Legal name: Edmunds, Russell David
Birthdate: 1939
Gender: male
Education: Millikin University (BA|1961)
Illinois State University (MA|1966)
University of Oklahoma (PhD|1972)
Occupations: historian
professor
Relationships: Peyser, Joseph L. (co-author)
Hoxie, Frederick E. (co-author)
Salisbury, Neal (co-author)
Organizations: University of Texas at Dallas (Professor|Anne and Chester Watson Chair in History)
Texas Christian University
Awards and honors: Anne and Chester Watson Chair in History, University of Texas at Dallas

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Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership by R. David Edmunds

This is a good short biography of Tecumseh, one that does a solid job of providing the context of Shawnee history and the background of events in the American Midwest at that time.

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Awards

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Ohioana Book Award

The Shawnee Prophet (Winner – Nonfiction – 1984)

Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize

The Fox Wars: The Mesquakie Challenge to New France (1994)

Francis Parkman Prize

The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire (1979)

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Larry Erickson Photographer

Ellen Fischer Photographer

Kim Ferrill Photographer

Bradley J. Birzer Contributor

Statistics

Works: 20
Also by: 4
Members: 507
Popularity: #48,898
Rating: ½ 3.5

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 30
Favorited: 1

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