The four deaths of Acorn Whistler : telling stories in colonial America

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780674046863 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0674046862 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
310 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.