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Deadly Medicine: Indians and Alcohol in Early America [Hardcover]

Peter C. Mancall (Author)

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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr (July 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801427622
ISBN-13: 978-0801427626
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,685,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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When Benjamin Franklin wrote his Autobiography he included one of American literature's most enduring descriptions of intoxicated Indians. Read the first page

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North America, British America, New York, New France, New England, South Carolina, West Florida, West Indies, George Croghan, Great Lakes, New Spain, John Stuart, Lake Pepin, Lawrence Valley, New Netherland, Rhode Island, British Empire, Conrad Weiser, Fort Pitt, John Lawson, Jonathan Carver, Sir William Johnson, Fort Albany, George Thomas, James Adair

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This book cites 100 books:

The History of the American Indians by James Adair on 5 pages
Drunken Comportment: A Social Explanation (Foundations of Anthropology) by Robert B. Edgerton on 5 pages
The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell on 5 pages
A New Voyage To Carolina by John Lawson on 5 pages
Drinking In America: A History by Mark Edward Lender on 4 pages

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Elusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley, 1673-1800 by Eric Hinderaker on page 153, and Back Matter
Beyond Pain: The Role of Pleasure and Culture in the Making of Foreign Affairs (Praeger Studies on Ethnic and National Identities in Politics) by Thomas A. Breslin on page 158, and Back Matter
Hunters of Kentucky by Ted Franklin Belue in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Taverns and Drinking in Early America by Sharon V. Salinger in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Prophets of the Great Spirit: Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America by Alfred Cave in Back Matter

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