The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler
Nonfiction, History, Americas, North America, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Native American
| Author: | Joshua Piker | ISBN: | 9780674075627 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joshua Piker |
| ISBN: | 9780674075627 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Told by a colonial governor, a Creek military leader, Native Americans, and British colonists, each account of Acorn Whistler’s execution for killing five Cherokees speaks to the collision of European and Indian cultures, the struggle to preserve traditional ways of life, and tensions within the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution.
Told by a colonial governor, a Creek military leader, Native Americans, and British colonists, each account of Acorn Whistler’s execution for killing five Cherokees speaks to the collision of European and Indian cultures, the struggle to preserve traditional ways of life, and tensions within the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution.
