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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | John Kinzie; John Kinzie |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ann Durkin Keating |
| ISBN: | 9780226428963 0226428966 9780226678580 022667858X 9780226428987 0226428982 |
| OCLC Number: | 1089844180 |
| Description: | xxiv, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | John Kinzie timeline -- General timeline -- A mobile cast of characters List of maps -- Preface : John Kinzie's world -- Introduction : Chicago in the Indian country of the western Great Lakes -- Part 1: The United States and the Indian country of the western Great Lakes. John Kinzie and the traders in the Indian country of the western Great Lakes, 1763-1812 ; The Greenville Treaty and the American era, 1789-1800 -- Part 2: Fort Dearborn and Tippecanoe, 1803-1811. President Jefferson and the founding of Fort Dearborn, 1803-1804 ; Kinzie & Forsyth, at Chicago and Peoria, 1803-1812 ; President Jefferson, Main Poc, and the founding of Tippecanoe, 1808-1811 ; Battle of Tippecanoe, November 1811 -- Part 3: In the wake of the Battle of Tippecanoe, late spring 1812. Planning for war, spring 1812 ; John Kinzie's ambiguous loyalties and a forgotten murder, May-June 1812 ; The war begins, June-July 1812 ; The Potawatomi attack, August 15, 1812 -- Part 4: In the aftermath of August 15, 1812. John and Eleanor Kinzie's neighbors, August 1812 ; Captors and captives, fall 1812 ; A savage fall : 1812 in the west ; 1813 : shifting alliances -- Part 5: After the War of 1812. The end of Indian country in the neighborhood of Chicago, 1816-1829 ; Kinzie's retreat to Chicago, 1816-1828 ; The 1833 Treaty of Chicago ; Why it was not a massacre. |
| Responsibility: | Ann Durkin Keating. |
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"Keating presents an excellent addition to the interpretation of Chicago's early history while at the same time providing a reminder to all historians that early border societies were very complex."--Steven C. Eames "The Historian " "[O]pens up a fascinating vista of lost American history. . . . It's a great story, and Ms. Keating's neutral, unemphatic prose makes it register all the more clearly."--Lee Sandlin "Wall Street Journal " "How did Chicago stop being Indian Country and become American? Ann Durkin Keating has recast that struggle into a story far more complex than the conventional 'manifest destiny' tale. Well researched and written, this book is an eye-opening account of Chicago's earliest, most contested days."--Walter Nugent, author of Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion "Rising Up from Indian Country is a masterful study of Chicago's founding story. Ann Durkin Keating displays her ample skills as a historian, tackling the city's frontier experience and exploring the roles of the major players, especially those of John Kinzie and of Native Americans during this complex early period. She has cut through the fog of legend to give us a valuable look at Chicago when it was still Indian Country."--Dominic A. Pacyga, author of Chicago: A Biography "Ann Keating has given us a new three-dimensional picture of Chicago's founding. Rising Up from Indian Country paints a compelling picture of Chicago's Indian Country origins and skillfully describes the tragedy at Fort Dearborn from the perspective of all who participated. This is a dramatic story that invites readers both to absorb new facts about the past and to reflect upon their meaning."--Frederick E. Hoxie, author of The People: A History of Native America "Ann Keating has taken on the least explored area of Chicago history--its raucous beginnings--and brought it magnificently to life. The book is a landmark work, deeply researched and vividly written."--Donald L. Miller, author of City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Mak "Keating wants the people of Chicago to understand their origins more fully so that the ?rst star on the city's ?ag can represent the intercultural history of Chicago more than a misunderstood battle. But this book provides something just as important for a wider audience. Rising Up from Indian Country adds depth and breadth to an understanding of the geographic, social, and political transitions that occurred on the shores of Lake Michigan in the early 1800s."--John P. Bowes "Journal of American History " "[An] informative, ambitious account. . . . On bookshelves in time to honor the bicentennial of the Fort Dearborn battle, Keating's well-researched book rights some misconceptions about the old conflicts, the strategies of the whites and Indians to keep their land, and how early Chicago came to exist."--Publishers Weekly Read more...
