Review of Adam Jortner's, The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier

dc.contributor.authorWheeler, Rachel
dc.contributor.departmentReligious Studies, School of Liberal Artsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-06T14:37:55Z
dc.date.available2019-12-06T14:37:55Z
dc.date.issued2012-07
dc.description.abstractI 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.versionAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.citationWheeler, 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.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/21422
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Antiquarian Societyen_US
dc.relation.journalCommon Place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Lifeen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.sourceAuthoren_US
dc.subjectIndian nativisimen_US
dc.subjectAnglo-American deismen_US
dc.subjectTippecanoeen_US
dc.titleReview of Adam Jortner's, The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontieren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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