WARRIOR IN TWO CAMPS ELY S PARKER UNION GENERAL AND SENECA CHIEF

ARMSTRONG WILLIAM H

ISBN 10: 0815601433 / ISBN 13: 9780815601432

Published by UNIVERSITY OF SYRACUSE PRESS, SYRACUSE NY, 1978

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INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP BOOK IS AS NEW AND APPEARS UNREAD STATED FIRST EDITION THE BIOGRAPHY OF A SENECA INDIAN WHO GAINED POWER AND INFLUENCE AS A LEADER OF HIS TRIBE AND A UNION ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL A VERY INTERESTING HISTORY OF A MAN WHO INTEGRATED WHITE SOCIETY AND WAS A MASON , AN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND A CONTROVERSIAL COMMISIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS . THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO HOLD THAT POST JACKET IS BRIGHT COMPLETE AND UNCLIPPED ORIGNAL PRICE 11.95.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WARRIOR IN TWO CAMPS ELY S PARKER UNION GENERAL AND SENECA CHIEF
• Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF SYRACUSE PRESS, SYRACUSE NY
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815601433
• ISBN 13: 9780815601432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: PHOTOS
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Traces the life of Parker, the first native American to serve as commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a staff officer to General Grant during the Civil War

Synopsis

Winner of the John Ben Snow Manuscript Prize, 1977, this book is about one of the most interesting and little known officers of the American Civil War. Parker was a Seneca Indian, military secretary to General Grant, and the first native American to serve as commissioner of Indian Affairs.