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The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / Adam Jortner. |
| Authors: | Jortner, Adam Joseph. |
| Call number: | 973.5 JOR |
| Publisher: | New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. |
| Publication date: | c2012. |
| 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. Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. Indiana -- History -- 19th century. United States -- Territorial expansion. |
| Title: | The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / Adam Jortner. |
| Physical description: | x, 310 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199765294 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0199765294 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| LCCN: | 2011016857 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1335899 |
| Bib No.: | 1335899 |
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