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The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier
- Title
- The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / Adam Jortner.
- Author
- Jortner, Adam Joseph.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 310 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet
- Governors > Indiana > Biography
- Indians of North America > Wars > 1750-1815
- War > Religious aspects > History > 19th century
- Indiana > History > 19th century
- United States > Territorial expansion
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
- Frontier and pioneer life > United States
- Shawnee Indians > Biography
- Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JGE 12-6
- ISBN
- 9780199765294
- 0199765294
- LCCN
- 2011016857
- OCLC
- 2011016857
- Author
- Jortner, Adam.
- Title
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JGE 12-6