| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
717 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rdafs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Tomorrow's doom : July 30-August 1, 1722 -- Taquatarensaly (captain civility) -- When things go ill : February 1722 -- Sawantaeny -- Sorrow will come fast : March 6, 1722 -- John Catlidge -- What content and decency require : March 7-14, 1722 -- Peter Bezaillion -- Two heads are better than one : March 15-17, 1722 -- Weenepeeweytah and Elizabeth Cartlidge -- Forgive anyone sooner than thyself : March 21-26, 1722 -- Isaac Norris -- He will go to law : April 4-7, 1722 -- Satcheechoe -- Stark naught : May 4-11, 1722 -- William Keith -- Take him now : June 15-July 2, 1722 -- Ousewayteichks (Smith the Ganawese) -- Money and good men : August 3-15, 1722 -- James Le Tort -- A word to the wise : August-September 1722 -- James Logan -- Stiff obstinacy : October 3-5, 1722 -- Civility's last word. |
| Summary |
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era"--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
"Thorndike Press large print nonfiction"--Title page verso. |
| Awards |
Pulitzer Prize, History, 2022 |
| Subject |
Murder -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Homicide investigation -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Large type books.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00883246
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Homicide investigation. (OCoLC)fst00959684
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
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True crime stories.
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| ISBN |
9781432899417 (large print ; hardcover) |
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1432899414 (large print ; hardcover) |
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