Warriors Without War - Seminole Leadership in the Late-twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Riles Wickman is the director of Wickman Historical Services, Hollywood, Florida, and former director of the Department of Anthropology & Genealogy for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, as well as author of Osceola's Legacy and The Tree that Bends: Discourse, Power, and the Survival of the Maskoki People . Klappentext Patricia Riles Wickman! who lived and worked for fifteen years with the Seminole people! chronicles the near-meteoric rise of the tribe and its leader to the pinnacle of international fame! and James Billie's ultimate fall! after twenty-four years in power. Based partly on her own personal experiences working with the Seminole Tribe of Florida! Wickman has produced an in-depth study of the rise of one of the largest Indian gaming operations in the United States that reads almost like a Capote nonfiction novel. The book takes readers beneath the placid waters of the Seminole's public image and into the fascinating depths of Seminole society and politics. Zusammenfassung Warriors Without War takes readers beneath the placid waters of the Seminole's public image and into the fascinating depths of Seminole society and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Wickman, Patricia R. Wickman, Patricia Riles Wickman
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2011
• EAN: 9780817317317
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1731-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies