Wheeler, Rachel2019-12-062019-12-062012-07Wheeler, R. (2012). Review of Adam Jortner, The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 320 pp. Common Place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Life, 12(4).https://hdl.handle.net/1805/21422I wanted to like this book. I really did. But Jortner lost me pretty early on. The premise appeared promising. He would show how two religious cultures—Indian nativism and Anglo-American deism—clashed and led to the dramatic battle at Tippecanoe, where the nativist Shawnee Prophet (Tenskwatawa) and his brother Tecumseh faced off against deist William Henry Harrison, who later became our nation's oldest (until Reagan) and shortest-serving president. My initial misgivings—prompted by the "holy war" in the title—soon grew into more serious reservations.en-USPublisher PolicyIndian nativisimAnglo-American deismTippecanoeArticle