Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier - Hardcoverby Robert G. Parkinson (Author) We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all powerful empire was brought to bear on Native peoples? In this startingly original work, historian Robert Parkinson presents a new account of ever shifting encounters between white colonists and Native Americans. Drawing skillfully on Joseph