The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler

Download or read book The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler written by Joshua Piker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.