META/LNH: And what was your favorite SW10 year?

[Scott Eiler]

On 4/22/2012 7:37 PM, Adrian J. McClure wrote:
> My favorite alternate history idea I'd like to explore someday is what
> if Tecumseh had actually succeeded in setting up Prophetstown and won
> the Battle of Tippecanoe. (This is actually local history for me,
> since I'm a Hoosier.) From what I remember this was closer to
> happening than you'd think--Tecumseh couldn't reach the final battle
> in time and his brother Tenskwatawa, while an inspiring spiritual
> leader, was not that great of a strategist. If he had made it they
> could have stood much more of a chance. Surprisingly, I can't think of
> any work that's explored this.

Surprisingly, I can't think of any posts on soc.history.what-if which 
explored this either.  Not that I've been to look, mind you, because 
that would be procrastinating...

> AJM (what if I stopped procrastinating?)


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March 2012.