Blackcoats Among the Delaware

Blackcoats Among the Delaware
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Publisher : Kent State University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 0873384342
ISBN-13 : 9780873384346
Rating : 4/5 (346 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Blackcoats Among the Delaware by : Earl P. Olmstead

Download or read book Blackcoats Among the Delaware written by Earl P. Olmstead and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of pages of diaries and hundreds of letters serve as David Zeisberger's testament to 63 years as a Moravian missionary among North American Indians. This unrivaled record of Indian culture and colonial life provides firsthand evidence of the 18th-century struggle between the American Indians and their British and American adversaries. Readers of Blackcoats among the Delaware will find new and interesting historical data taken from recently discovered correspondence and previously untranslated diaries. Olmstead also presents a fascinating analysis of Zeisberger's unique approach to Christian philosophy vis-à-vis native Indian religion and culture.

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