History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States [Hardcover]

John Heckewelder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1971 | ISBN-10: 0405028539 | ISBN-13: 978-0405028533 | Edition: Reprint

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 465 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub; Reprint edition (June 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405028539
• ISBN-13: 978-0405028533
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,242,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Christian perspective on the Delaware People, February 7, 2002

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Heather McAmis (Stow, Oh USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States (Hardcover)

This excellent book gives a keen insight into the lives of the Delaware People. As a missionary to the American Indians in the early 1700's, John Heckewelder set to understanding these people inorder to bring to them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This book was actually written to his supporters not only for them to understand what he was doing, but also to train other missionaries before sending them into the wilderness. With clear descriptions and an almost overwhelming amount of understandable detail, Mr. Heckewelder brings to life the People whom he loved and understood. It is a great resource for novelists with not only the descriptions of everyday life as well as special situations or celebrations, but he also adds in the back a vocabulary and phrase listing that is most helpful. He covers every part of their lives~ food, marriage, birth and death and every thing in between With his understanding of The People, and the way they think, he has brought to light many of the reasons behind the wars between the whites and Indians for the generations that followed. If only the men of his time had tried to understand The People as he did, perhaps many a death would have been avoided. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the TRUTH about how the Deleware People lived in the 1700's.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative!, August 7, 2010

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R. Holtzworth (Shelbyville, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)

If you want to find documentation for reenacting as a Native American, this is a good place!