Red Prophet (Alvin Maker Series #2) Book

I "read" this on audio, via hoopla.
OSC continues his magic-laden, alternate reality version of frontier America. In addition to those who left Europe fleeing religious persecution are those with a 'knack' of magical or mental powers. History also seems to have given Native American "Reds" a better understanding of their own strengths, including an attachment to the land.
A lot unfolds in this volume; a lot is stereotypical. I thought most of the stereotypes were used in a positive sense, although it's hard to describe so I may just be another privileged old white guy trying not to appear to be just another privileged old white guy while reading another privileged old white guy.
Anyway -- Alvin Miller, seventh son of a seventh son, encounters the one-eyed "whiskey Red" Tenskwatawa. The boy's powers rescue the man from his alcoholism, and the man's powers set the boy on a positive path.
Time passes, and we find this world's Benjamin Harrison scheming to win governorship of the territory by creating a fake provocation, and wiping out the Red settlement of Prophetstown -- which would end the efforts of Tenskwatawa and his brother Tecumseh to stop white advancement on the continent (among other things).
Alvin and his brother, on the way to the Hatrack River settle Alvin into his apprenticeship, are caught up in the plot. Alvin's abilities allow him to train in woodlore with Tecumseh, and he is able to soften the destruction of Prophetstown and help Tenskwatawa ensure justice against Harrison.
I was surprised -- I knew of Tecumseh, but was unaware that the existence of is brother, Prophetstown, and Harrison's battle of Tippecanoe were all part of historical record as well. Upping my satisfaction with this book to 4 stars. Mr. Card does get a bit heavy-handed at times, but this is a very good rewrite to the "way things might have been".