The four deaths of Acorn Whistler : telling stories in colonial America
Analyzes competing accounts of the events surrounding the death of a Creek Indian executed in 1752 for murdering five Cherokee men after war broke out between the tribes. The multiple narratives tell competing versions of why Whistler had to die and what his death meant, each revealing the agendas of colonists, British officials, and Native Americans of the two tribes
Print Book, English, 2013
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2013
Biography
310 pages ; 25 cm
9780674046863, 0674046862
812067632
Introduction : Acorn Whistler and the storytellers
Imperial. The governor ; The governor's story
National. The emperor ; The emperor's story
Local. The family and community ; The family and community's story
Colonial. The colonists ; The colonists' story
Epilogue : June 5, 1753