Black Hawk: Life of Black Hawk

SKU: 9780143105398

Author:
Black Hawk, J. Gerald Kennedy
Grade Levels:
Eleven, Twelve, College, University
Nation:
Sac and Fox, Woodland
Book Type:
Paperback
Pages:
108
Publisher:
Penguin
Copyright Date:
2008

Price:
Sale price$17.50

Description

Upon its publication in 1833, this unflinching narrative by the vanquished Sauk leader Black Hawk was the first thoroughly adversarial account of frontier hostilities between white settlers and Native Americans. Black Hawk, a complex, contradictory figure, relates his life story and that of his people, who had been forced from western Illinois in what was known as the Black Hawk War. The first published account of a victim of the American war of extermination, this vivid portrait of Indian life stands as a tribute to the author and his extraordinary people, as well as an invaluable historical document.

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