THE WAR CHIEF OF THE SEMINOLES

by May McNeer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 20, 1954

May McNeer is in familiar territory (see her story Up A Crooked River, 1952 p. 506) as she writes the biography of Osceola who led the Seminoles through the Florida wars and fought for his rights in one of the more unfortunate chapters of our nation's history. Taking up the story at the point where the treaties were being violated by settlers who wanted Indian land, she recreates Osceola as the colorful character he was- quick to anger and to strike all during the campaigns but honest enough to be captured and refuse the chance of escape under the delusion of a truce. He died in prison, strong, self-willed and distrusting, all but a few whites until the last. The hurt of subsequent migrations was salt in the wound of a costly war- shown here for what it was that never fully vanquished the remaining nucleus of Indians who are still the Seminoles of Florida today.

Pub Date: Sept. 20, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1954

Categories: NONFICTION