38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End - Paperback

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38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End - Paperback

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End - Paperback

by Scott W. Berg
$21.00
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
In August 1862, after suffering decades of hardship, broken treaties, and relentless encroachment on their land, the Dakota leader Little Crow reluctantly agreed that his people must go to war. After six weeks of fighting, the uprising was smashed, thousands of Indians were taken prisoner by the US army, and 303 Dakotas were sentenced to death. President Lincoln, embroiled in the most devastating period of the Civil War, personally intervened to save the lives of 265 of the condemned men, but in the end, 38 Dakota men would be hanged in the largest government-sanctioned execution in U.S. history.

Writing with uncommon immediacy and insight, Scott W. Berg details these events within the larger context of the Civil War, the history of the Dakota people and the subsequent United States-Indian wars, and brings to life this overlooked but seminal moment in American history.
ISBN9780307389138
Author Scott W. Berg
PublisherVintage
GenreHistory
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End - Paperback

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End - Paperback

By Scott W. Berg

About Scott W. Berg

Scott W. Berg holds a BA in Architecture from the University of Minnesota, an MA from Miami University and an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University where he is now teaching non-fiction writing and literature. Since 1998, Berg has published over 60 pieces in the Washington Post on various subjects, many of them historical, including a lengthy feature story about L'Enfant out of which GRAND AVENUES grew.

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