Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history / Gary Clayton Anderson

Author: Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948-
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Copyright Date: ©2019
Physical Description: xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

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Contents

1. The Dakota Homeland -- 2. The American Invasion -- 3. Removal and the First Indian Massacre -- 4. Chaos, Confusion, and War -- 5. The Massacre -- 6. Fright and Flight on the Minnesota Frontier -- 7. The Road to Retribution -- 8. Captives and the "Fate Worse Than Death" -- 9. Capture and Trials -- 10. The Executions -- 11. Deportation and Rebirth.

Summary

"A detailed analysis of the origins, events, and aftermath of the Minnesota-Dakota War of 1862"--
"Ultimately, what emerges most clearly from Anderson's account is the outsize suffering of innocents on both sides of the Dakota War-and, identified unequivocally for the first time, the role of white duplicity in bringing about this unprecedented and needless calamity. "--

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ISBN

9780806164342 hardcover
0806164344 hardcover

Audience

Minnesotans

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Endowment Note

Edward J. and Eleanor Black Nichols Library Endowment Fund

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