Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier

I'll be honest, this book probably deserves 4 stars, but I'm giving it extra credit! For years I've wanted to learn more about Native Americans, but for some reason just about every book on the subject I've tried to read has ended with me not quite finishing the book. Iriquois Diplomacy is one of the......more

An informative history of the Iroquois's complex relationships with the British(later Americans) and French in the 17th and 18th centuries. At times, I got bogged down in names, dates, and some of the finer details (a function, for me, of listening rather than reading) but the general account was wo......more

A narrative, really a monograph, of Native American/European interactions during the 18th century. Focusing on the Iroquois and their unique brand of diplomacy. The book provides an insightful, even-handed, factual account of this time frame, while avoiding a potential downfall of interpreting or pr......more

This is a fascinating read. For those who think they know something about United States' Indian diplomacy, Shannon takes the reader back almost a hundred years before the American Revolution, to a period most readers are only vaguely aware of. But despite his scholarly standing, Shannon is able to w......more