Six Nations Diplomat - Molly Brant and the American Revolution

At the dawn of the American Revolution, 39-year-old Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, is the widowed partner of the legendary Sir William Johnson and mother of their eight young children. For the past 15 years, she has assisted Sir William, Britain's superintendent for Indian affairs and hero of the French and Indian War, as he negotiated the relationship between Britain and its colonies with her people, the Six Nations confederacy, sometimes called the Iroquois.
Now a time of decision is coming. Will she cast her lot with the colonists who are trying to seize power in a region regarded by her people as the Six Nations heartland, or will she use her great influence to convince her people to remain loyal to the king? Drawing heavily on primary sources, this biography of the Mohawk leader chronicles her task to carve out a promising future for her children and her people in a world that threatens to make homeless refugees of them all.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Early Days

¿2.¿A Man of Many Talents

¿3.¿The French and Indian War and a Frontier Romance

¿4.¿Motherhood and a New Home

¿5.¿A Diplomat's Partner

¿6.¿Providing for the Future

¿7.¿Gathering Clouds

¿8.¿The Worst of Times

¿9.¿The Lonely and the Brave

10.¿The Land of Their Fathers

11.¿Exile

12.¿Guerrillas and Refugees

13.¿Winners and Losers

14.¿A Home in Canada

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Donna Tesiero holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell, a law degree from Columbia, and master's degrees from Harvard and Lesley University. She lives in Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Donna Tesiero, Donna Tesiero
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2025
• EAN: 9781476694542
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9454-2
• No. of pages: 225
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / Women, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, The Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity