Osceola's Legacy: Revised

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A bestselling, up-to-date evaluation of a legendary Indian leader. Named Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights. ""Osceola's Legacy is significant for its genealogy and archaeological study of this Native American and his interaction with the federal government during the 1800s. The catalog of photographs of Osceola portraits and his personal possessions makes this a worthwhile reference book as well.""--Georgia Historical Quarterly.

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Title Statements

Full title :Osceola's Legacy : (Revised).

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2006.
Edition:Rev. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Alabama Press
Place of Publication:Tuscaloosa
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (399 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780817384395, 0817384391, 0817353321, 9780817353322
oclc:on1058104764
LC Classification:E99.S28 .O88 2006
Dewey Decimal:973.57092

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Revised Edition; Introduction; 1. A Short Life; 2. Family Matters; 3. Man versus Myth: Setting the Record Straight; 4. Through the Eyes of Those Who Saw Him; 5. A Lonely Grave; 6. The Forensic Report; 7. The Search for Osceola's Head; 8. The Weedon Family; 9. The Weedon Artifacts; 10. Osceola's Hair; 11. Descendents East and West; 12. Pitcairn Morrison's Mementos; 13. A Far-Flung Legacy; Epilogue: Two Very Expensive Alleged Osceola Artifacts; Appendix A: Summary of Osceola Artifacts.

Appendix B: Graphic Representations of OsceolaNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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Biographies Histoire History history (discipline) Osceola,, Seminole chief Portraits Seminole Indians Seminole Indians -- Biography. -- Kings… Seminole Indians -- History Seminole Indians -- Kings and rulers Séminoles (Indiens) -- Histoire