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Product Identifiers
PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10080508262X
ISBN-139780805082623
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038424597
Product Key Features
Book TitleBlack Hawk : the Battle for the Heart of America
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicUnited States / 19th Century, American Government / General, United States / General, Native American
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorKerry A. Trask
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal973.5/6
Synopsis"Blending history with ethnography and a bit of sociology, Trask's volume explains the war and its lingering impact extremely well . . . Fascinating." --Chicago Sun-Times In the spring of 1832, Black Hawk and his Sauk followers, including 700 warriors, rose up in a rage and defiantly crossed the Mississippi to reclaim their ancestral home in Illinois. The rebellion was dashed in just three months, yet no other violent encounter between white America and native people embodies so clearly the U.S. Republic's conflict between exalted ideals of freedom and human dignity and its insatiable appetite for territory. Until 1822, the 6,000-strong Sauk Nation had occupied one of North America's largest Indian settlements, just east of the Mississippi. Supported by hundreds of acres of planted fields, their domain was the envy of white Americans who had already begun to encroach upon the rich land. When the conflicts between natives and white squatters inevitably turned violent, the Sauks were forced into exile, uprooted and banished to the uncharted west. Resurrecting the heroic efforts of Black Hawk and his men, Trask illuminates the tragic history of frontier America through the eyes of those who were cast aside in the pursuit of manifest destiny.
LC Classification NumberE83.83
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- 19. Jun. 2025
A 65-year old Sac Indian's struggle to return home
As an historian who has read numerous, scholarly books on the Black Hawk War, and has spent 30 years studying what took place between 1804 and 1832 as well as being personally involved in the preservation and management of the Battle of Wisconsin site, I was most impressed with the accuracy and detail presented by Kerry Trask, and would rank his Black Hawk book among the finest I have read on the subject. David L. Gjestson Cambridge, WIBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
