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Informationen zum Autor Joshua Piker is Associate Professor of History and Second Century Associates Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.
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Contents Prologue: April 1, 1752 Introduction: Acorn Whistler and the Storytellers Part I. Imperial 1. The Governor 2. The Governor's Story Part II. National 3. The Emperor 4. The Emperor's Story Part III. Local 5. The Family and Community 6. The Family and Community's Story Part IV. Colonial 7. The Colonists 8. The Colonists' Story Epilogue: June 5, 1753 Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index
Commentaire
Pocahontas. Sacajawea. Sitting Bull. Crazy Horse. Acorn Whistler? This Creek Indian's life will never put him in the pantheon of renowned Native Americans. But it is his death, not his life, that matters--or, rather, it is the stories that colonists and Creeks made up about his demise. Unpacking and untangling those tales, Joshua Piker's fine book reveals nothing less than 'the way life in colonial America worked.'
-- James H. Merrell, author of The Indians' New World
Piker is an excellent storyteller, and The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler is an intriguing tale--told in four different ways--that showcases his dazzling historical detective work. He skillfully uses Creek Indian history as a window into early America.
-- Jenny Hale Pulsipher, author of Subjects unto the Same King: Indians, English, and the Contest for Authority in Colonial New England
As American historians contemplate how best to reintegrate narrative into our work, Piker provides us with a model. Not only is The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler beautifully written, it also considers the nature and impact of storytelling, suggesting that in the end we are who we are because of the tales we tell to ourselves and to others.
-- Ari Kelman, author of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek
Josh Piker follows his superb first book, Okfuskee, with a sharply observed and deeply researched analysis of a bloody conflict and its tangled--and ultimately murderous--aftermath. His examination of the multiple narratives of Whistler's death forces us to consider the nature of documentary evidence and story-telling in early North America.
-- Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
