Chainbreaker's War: A Seneca Chief Remembers the America [Paperback]

Blacksnake (Author), Jeanne Winston (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002

An authentic, eyewitness account by a Seneca warchief of the American Revolution. Chainbreaker's (European-Americans called him Blacksnake or Governor Blaacksnake)war path led him to some of the bloodiest encouters on the New York and Pennsylvania frontiers, including the desperate hand-to-hand battle at Oriskany. At war's close, Chainbreaker met former adversary George Washington for treaty negoitiations and became an emissary for peace to western Indian nations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Chainbreaker’s War is a highly accessible edition of this fascinating memoir. -- Karim M. Tiro (Dept. of History, Xavier University) New York History, Fall 2003

For anyone interested in New York or Pennsylvania history, Native American history, or the history of the Revolutionary War period. -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 3/2003

Hardly the naïve Native Americans of popular lore … Chainbreaker’s War presents their story with stark immediacy. -- Dutchess Magazine, December 2002

Here is the vivid retelling of the greatest chapter in America’s story from an underrepresented point of view. -- Albany Times Union, January 26, 2003.

About the Author

Editor Jeanne Winston Adler is the author of "Early Days in the Adirondacks: The Photographs of Seneca Ray Stoddard" and editor of "In the Path of War: Children of the American Revolution Tell Their Stories." Ms. Adler is an assistant editor of the work-in-progress, "The Encyclopedia of New York State," by the New York State Education Department.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Black Dome Press; 1st edition (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883789338
• ISBN-13: 978-1883789336
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #697,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)