Bernard W Sheehan
Author
Publisher
Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
This study is the first to explain how the white American's conception of himself and his position on the continent formed his perception of the Indian and directed his selection of policy toward the native tribes. Sheehan presents the paradoxical and pathetic story of how the Jeffersonian generation, with the best of goodwill toward the American Indian, destroyed him with its benevolence, literally killed him with kindness.Originally published 1973.A...