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The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / Adam Jortner. - SHERLOC
The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / Adam Jortner.
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
ISBN:
9780199765294 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0199765294 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Call number:
973.5 JOR
Physical description:
x, 310 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811.
Shawnee Indians -- Biography.
Governors -- Indiana -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
War -- Religious aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States.
Indiana -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet.
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note:
Prologue: The eclipse -- Thrown away -- Master of life -- Primogeniture -- Defeat -- The careerist -- Grouseland -- Prophecy -- Witchcraft -- Conspiracies -- Greenville -- The nation of Prophetstown -- The bargain -- The gathering -- Fiasco -- "A war of extirpation" -- Epilogue: The funeral.
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