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38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, And The Beginning Of The Frontier's End (2012)

by Scott W. Berg(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307377245 (ISBN13: 9780307377241)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Pantheon

review 1: This book was very interesting for me because it involves the history of my home turf. The precipitating events that sparked off this story occurred very close to where I grew up and Little Crow was killed not far from where I live now. I thought this was a pretty fair telling of events. No one was blameless for what happened and it's really important to remember the mistakes that were made. The author did a really good job of intertwining the events of the Civil War that were also going on at the same time. I think this would interest a lot of history buffs, Minnesotans in particular.
review 2: This should be required school reading as far as I am concerned. It really sheds a lot if light on President Lincoln and his indifference concerning Native Indian... mores. What's more upsetting is the fact that he gave the green light to hang 38 Indians for crimes against whites when these people were considered a sovereign nation, which makes it illegal in the first place. Not to mention the fact that he never punished any whites for their crimes against Indians. less

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