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Black Hawk - by Kerry a Trask (Paperback)

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  • "Blending history with ethnography and a bit of sociology, Trask's volume explains the war and its lingering impact extremely well . . . Fascinating.
  • About the Author: Kerry A. Trask, a scholar of early American history, is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota.
  • 384 Pages
  • History, Native American

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"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.



About the Author



Kerry A. Trask, a scholar of early American history, is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. A native of Canada, he is particularly interested in the early history of the Great Lakes region. Trask is the author of two previous books; his most recent is Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin, which was awarded the Council for Wisconsin Writers' Leslie Cross Book-Length Nonfiction Award in 1996. He lives on the west shore of Lake Michigan.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Native American
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Format: Paperback
Author: Kerry a Trask
Language: English
Street Date: January 9, 2007
TCIN: 90814530
UPC: 9780805082623
Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-5319
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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