cover image God Gave Us This Country

God Gave Us This Country

Bil Gilbert, Bill Gilbert. Anchor Books, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-385-41357-2

Following the life of Tekamthi (aka Tecumseh), the Shawnee chief who organized Indian tribes in the Northwest Ordinance territory for a united effort to halt white encroachment, ``Gilbert gives a vivid, detailed account of nearly five decades of conflict on the Western frontier, an appalling story of violence,'' wrote PW . (July)