"In colonial America, an Irish immigrant becomes chief of the Mohawks and convinces the Six Nations Indians to fight on the British side against the French. The novel is a fictionalized tale of the real-life William Johnson. By the author of Moscow Rules."
"Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in 1884-1885. Chosen becuase of their outstanding skills as boatmen and river pilo…
"Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in 1884-1885. Chosen becuase of their outstanding skills as boatmen and river pilo…
"Mohawks on the Nileexplores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in 1884-1885. Chosen becuase of their outstanding skills as boatmen and river pilot…
Professional Indian' follows Eleazer Williams on this odyssey across the early American republic and through the shifting spheres of the Iroquois in an era of dispossession. Oberg describes Williams as a "professional Indian," who cultivated many political interests and personas…
Professional Indian tells the story of Eleazer Williams: missionary to the Mohawks, Indian confidence man, and icon of an era of dispossession and change that compelled many native peoples to refashion their identities in the wake of Anglo-American expansion.
This book follows Eleazer Williams across the early American republic and through the shifting spheres of the Iroquois in an era of dispossession. The author describes Williams as a "professional Indian," who cultivated many political interests and personas in order to survive d…