Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of AmericaA stirring retelling of the Black Hawk War that brings into dramatic focus the forces struggling for control over the American frontier |
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User Review - JBD1 - LibraryThingIt's a bit unclear just what this book was trying to be: biography of Black Hawk? History of the Black Hawk War? Meditation on antebellum American identity and public memory? Maybe each and all, a bit ... Read full review
BLACK HAWK: The Battle for the Heart of America
User Review - KirkusIlluminating study of that least-known of America's Indian wars, which made Illinois safe for corn and industry.As historians such as Jill Lepore and Charles Mann are ever more plainly demonstrating ... Read full review