The Black Hawk War of 1832: Volume 10

by Patrick J. Jung

Book Overview

In 1832, facing white expansion, the Sauk warrior Black Hawk attempted to forge a pan-Indian alliance to preserve the homelands of the confederated Sauk and Fox tribes on the eastern bank of the Mississippi. Here, Patrick J. Jung re-examines the causes, course, and consequences of the ensuing war with the United States, a conflict that decimated Black Hawk's band. Correcting mistakes that plagued previous histories, and drawing on recent ethnohistorical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139943
• ISBN13: 9780806139944
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"