The story of Tecumseh is more than the tale of one man. Tecumseh was a Shawnee who was born in a time of turmoil, became an influential leader of his people, and died while still at the height of his strength. But even during his lifetime, Tecumseh’s personal story became intertwined with legend. His potency as an international figure drew from myth as well as reality a point that did not escape Tecumseh, his allies, or his enemies, all of whom played roles in managing and manipulating the mystique that developed around him. In the nineteenth century, published works about Tecumseh were as likely to be heroic epic poems or highly imaginative novels as researched biographical accounts. Scholars in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have sought to disentangle Tecumseh’s reality from fiction, only to discover that Tecumseh’s story can be fully understood only when both the man and the legend are taken into account. [download]
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