Review of Adam Jortner's, The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier
dc.contributor.author | Wheeler, Rachel | |
dc.contributor.department | Religious Studies, School of Liberal Arts | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-06T14:37:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-06T14:37:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | I 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_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's manuscript | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Wheeler, 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). | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/21422 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Antiquarian Society | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Common Place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Life | en_US |
dc.rights | Publisher Policy | en_US |
dc.source | Author | en_US |
dc.subject | Indian nativisim | en_US |
dc.subject | Anglo-American deism | en_US |
dc.subject | Tippecanoe | en_US |
dc.title | Review of Adam Jortner's, The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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