Allan W. Eckert was an American historian, historical novelist, and naturalist. His works delve deeply into American history and the natural world, often focusing on lost species and frontier narratives. Eckert's distinctive style weaves factual accuracy with compelling storytelling, bringing the past vividly to life for readers. Honored as the favorite Ohioan writer of all time, his enduring impact on literature and historical recounting is undeniable.
A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.
Driven from their homeland, the Indians fought bitterly to keep a final stronghold east of the Mississippi. Savage cunning, strength, skill, and knowledge of the wilderness were their weapons, and the Indians used them mercilessly. But they couldn't foresee the white men who would come later, men who loved the land as much as they did, who wanted it for their own. Men who learned the Indian tricks and matched brutality for brutality.
A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger
The story features Natty, a quintessential frontier hero characterized by his robust health and sharpshooting skills. As he navigates the complexities of frontier justice, he faces the consequences of his actions when he mistakenly hunts on someone else's land. This journey highlights the clash between individual freedom and civilized law, showcasing Natty's adventurous spirit as he ventures into the unknown. Cooper's vivid, cinematic style brings Natty's world to life, inviting readers to join him on his quest under the setting sun.
Against the background of such names as George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone. Arthur St. Clair, Anthony Wayne, Simon Girty, and William Henry Harrison, Eckert has recreated the life of one of America's most outstanding heroes, Simon Kenton. Kenton's role in opening the Northwest Territory to settlement more than rivaled that of his friend Daniel Boone. By his eighteenth birthday, Kenton had already won frontier renown as woodsman, fighter, and scout. His incredible physical strength and endurance, his great dignity and innate kindness made him the ideal prototype of the frontier hero. The Frontiersmen is equally the story of one of history's greatest leaders, whose misfortune was to be born to a doomed cause and a dying race. Tecumseh, the brilliant Shawnee chief, welded together by the sheer force of his intellect and charisma and incredible Indian confederacy that thrust of the white man's westward expansion. Like Kenton, Tecumseh was the paragon of his people's virtues.