Life Of John Heckewelder - 9781022041738

This biography of John Heckewelder, a Moravian missionary and ethnographer who lived among the Delaware and Munsee Indians in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, offers a valuable perspective on the culture and history of Native Americans in the early years of the United States. Coates and Rondthaler draw on Heckewelder's extensive correspondence and journals to provide a vivid portrait of the man and the communities in which he lived. Their book provides an important window into a complex and fascinating period in American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

• | Author: Edward Rondthaler, Benjamin Horner Coates
• | Publisher: Legare Street Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 18, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 152 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1022041738
• | ISBN-13: 9781022041738