Ponteach, or the Savages of America : : A Tragedy / / Tiffany Potter.

Pontiac, or Ponteach, was a Native American leader who made war upon the British in what became known as Pontiac's Rebellion (1763 to 1766). One of the earliest accounts of Pontiac is a play, written in 1766 by the famous frontier soldier Robert Rogers, of the Rangers. Ponteach, or the Savages...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2010
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A NOTE ON THE TEXT AND PUBLICATION HISTORY
  • INTRODUCTION: STAGING SAVAGERY AND FICTIONALIZING COLONIALISM IN ROBERT ROGERS' PONTEACH: A TRAGEDY
  • Ponteach: or the Savages of America. A Tragedy
  • APPENDIX A: EXCERPT FROM ROBERT ROGERS' CONCISE ACCOUNT OF NORTH AMERICA
  • APPENDIX B: EXCERPTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY (1763), ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT NAVARRE
  • APPENDIX C: CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF THE WORKS OF ROBERT ROGERS
  • APPENDIX D: CONTEMPORARY REPORTS ON THE LIFE OF ROBERT ROGERS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX