[PDF] A Thrilling Narrative eBook

Author : Mary Butler Renville
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803243448

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This edition of A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity rescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Written by Mary Butler Renville, an Anglo woman, with the assistance of her Dakota husband, John Baptiste Renville, A Thrilling Narrative was printed only once as a book in 1863 and has not been republished since. The work details the Renvilles’ experiences as “captives” among their Dakota kin in the Upper Camp and chronicles the story of the Dakota Peace Party. Their sympathetic portrayal of those who opposed the war in 1862 combats the stereotypical view that most Dakotas supported it and illumines the injustice of their exile from Dakota homelands. From the authors’ unique perspective as an interracial couple, they paint a complex picture of race, gender, and class relations on successive midwestern frontiers. As the state of Minnesota commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Dakota War, this narrative provides fresh insights into the most controversial event in the region’s history. This annotated edition includes groundbreaking historical and literary contexts for the text and a first-time collection of extant Dakota correspondence with authorities during the war.

Author : Dennis E. Haynes
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 28,95 MB
Release : 2011-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610754262

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This Civil War memoir of Capt. Dennis E. Haynes is both unique and rare. Not only did few southern unionists write of their experiences after the war, Haynes’s is the only publication by a Louisiana unionist. Furthermore, it is the only account by a member of the First Louisiana Battalion Cavalry Scouts, a unit that existed for less than three months and saw its only real action during the Red River Campaign of 1864. Haynes’s memoir is a historic collection of his wartime experiences as a unionist in the Confederate South. Among his writings, Haynes describes how he opposed the secession of Texas and thus became a hunted man. He also tells of his harrowing odyssey to reach Union troops in Louisiana. Every step of the way, Haynes provides details, sometimes graphic, of the harassment and cruelty he and many others like him suffered at the hands of his Confederate neighbors.

Author : Gwen Westerman
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0873518837

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An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.

Author : Scott W. Berg
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 34,6 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0307389138

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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.

Author : OLD SLEUTH
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9361159771

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"A Desperate Chance" through Old Sleuth is a thrilling and suspenseful novel that captivates readers with its elaborate plot and mysterious ecosystem. Old Sleuth, a pseudonymous author, became a prominent parent in early American detective fiction throughout the past due nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In "A Desperate Chance," the narrative unfolds with an air of mystery because the protagonist, detective Old Sleuth, reveals himself entangled in a complicated case. The tale is marked by way of surprising twists and turns, retaining readers on the threshold in their seats as they follow the detective's pursuit of justice. The novel delves into the crook underworld, exploring issues of deceit, desperation, and the relentless pursuit of reality. Old Sleuth's storytelling is characterised by using an eager knowledge of human nature and a capability to create suspenseful narratives that stand the test of time. As a classic paintings of early detective fiction, "A Desperate Chance" via Old Sleuth remains an attractive read for folks who admire the roots of the thriller style and the pioneering contributions of authors from that technology.

Author : A. P. Connolly
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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A Thrilling Narrative of the Minnesota Massacre and the Sioux War of 1862-63 is a book by A. P. Connolly. It depicts The Dakota War, an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of eastern Dakota also known as the Santee Sioux in 1862.

Author : Harry Granice
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385393035

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1627798315

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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind’s first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy’s promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the color and verve of the best narrative non-fiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut’s homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Eve, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over—after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth’s atmosphere following a flight to deep space—the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach. The full story of Apollo 8 has never been told, and only Jeffrey Kluger—Jim Lovell’s co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13—can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a calculated risk and a wild crapshoot, a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.