Title:
Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history / Gary Clayton Anderson.
ISBN:
9780806164342
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Physical Description:
xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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"-- Provided by publisher.
"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. "-- Provided by publisher.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1101657261
Availability:
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