The gods of Prophetstown
Subtitle: the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier
By: Adam Jortner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199765294
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Indians of North America; Shawnee Indians; Wars; Governors; Biography; Territorial expansion; War; Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The eclipse; title: Thrown away; title: Master of life; title: Primogeniture; title: Defeat; title: The careerist; title: Grouseland; title: Prophecy; title: Witchcraft; title: Conspiracies; title: Greenville; title: The nation of Prophetstown; title: The bargain; title: The gathering; title: Fiasco; title: "A war of extirpation"; title: Epilogue: The funeral.