38 nooses : Lincoln, Little Crow, and the beginning of the frontier's end Scott W. Berg

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berg, Scott W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865.

Dakota Indians.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Relations with Dakota Indians.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Little Crow, -1863.

Little Crow.

Dakota Indians--Government relations--History--19th century.

Dakota Indians--Relocation.

Executions and executioners--United States--History--19th century.

Executions and executioners.

Physical Description:

xiii, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage books edition.

Other Title:

Thirty-eight nooses

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 2013.

Summary:

"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 U.S. 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 United States history."--Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-346) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Colleciton.

The Indian Rights Association Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

9780307389138

0307389138

OCLC:

826076275