Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!

"Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!"

This was the rallying cry of the Whig Party during the Presidential campaign of 1840. Everyone remembered "Old Tip," hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe. 

His real name was William Henry Harrison, and he came from an old and distinguished Virginia family. At eighteen he had given up his medical studies to join the army, fighting under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne against the Indians in the vast wilderness of the Northwest Territory. 

Later, as Governor of the Indiana Territory, Harrison had patiently tried to keep peace with the Indians of his region. Finally he was forced to take up arms against them. In the battle that resulted along the Tippecanoe River, the power of the daring Shawnee chief Tecumseh, and of the last great Indian confederacy east of the Mississippi, was broken—forever.

Yes, everyone remembered "Old Tip." And in the wild west, loudest, most parading and banner-waving campaign this country had ever seen, the hero of Tippecanoe was elected to our highest government office. 

Here, colorfully told by Stanley Young, is the stirring story of William Henry Harrison—Indian-fighter, Senator, Congressman and ninth President of the United States.

—from the dust jacket