Native Memoirs from the War of 1812: Black Hawk and William Apess

by Carl Benn

Book Overview

Rare firsthand accounts from Native Americans who fought in the War of 1812.

Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict experiences. Two famously wrote down their stories: Black Hawk, the British-allied chief of the still-independent Sauks from the upper Mississippi, and American soldier William Apess, a Christian convert from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421412187
• ISBN13: 9781421412184
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"