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Over the course of Labor Day weekend 2008, Sarah Palin went from little-known Alaskan governor to enthusiastically received vice presidential candidate to lightning rod of controversy. Throughout the subsequent campaign, her stature among conservatives and the questions about he…
Biography of political personality Sarah Palin.
Over the course of Labor Day weekend 2008, Sarah Palin went from little-known Alaskan governor to enthusiastically received vice presidential candidate to lightning rod of controversy. Throughout the subsequent campaign, her stature among conservatives and the questions about he…
It began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, "would see darknes…
Written with profound insight and narrative verve, The Gods of Prophetstown recaptures a forgotten turning point in American history in time for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
It began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, "would see darknes…
In 1806, a Shawnee known as Lalawauthika proclaimed himself Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door"), a spiritual leader in direct contact with the Master of Life. In the five years before the battle of Tippecanoe, Tenskwatawa used his spiritual leadership to forge a political pseudo-state…
It began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, "would see darknes…
