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Tecumseh: Vision of Glory, by Glenn Tucker. 399 pp. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. $5.00

Tecumseh, who possessed an intelligence and tenacity of purpose seldom found in members of his race, was the white man’s most formidable enemy in North America. His achievements during the War of 1812, although largely made possible by the support somewhat reluctantly given him by the British, left so enduring a memory that even in our generation the victor in certain children’s games is acclaimed by the chant, “He has shot Tecumseh!” This biography is well written, although it is not entirely free of the tendency to idealize the aborigines and disparage the whites which has been a conventional part of such narratives ever since romantic misses wept over Chateaubriand’s Atala or sighed as they read Les Natchez. r.p.o.

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Tecumseh: Vision of Glory, by Glenn Tucker. 399 pp. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. $5.00

Tecumseh, who possessed an intelligence and tenacity of purpose seldom found in members of his race, was the white man’s most formidable enemy in North America. His achievements during the War of 1812, although largely made possible by the support somewhat reluctantly given him by the British, left so enduring a memory that even in our generation the victor in certain children’s games is acclaimed by the chant, “He has shot Tecumseh!” This biography is well written, although it is not entirely free of the tendency to idealize the aborigines and disparage the whites which has been a conventional part of such narratives ever since romantic misses wept over Chateaubriand’s Atala or sighed as they read Les Natchez. r.p.o.