'A superb work of history: the best and most complete narrative of the conflict between the United States and the Sauk nation, and a rich and insightful account of the cultural, social, and political forces that drove Indians and whites into a devastating war.'- Richard Slotkin, author of Lost Battalions and Gunfighter Nation He does something unusual in this book that covers a dynamic period in American history which pits the white Americans against the American Indians: He provides the Indian side of the story.'- The Oklahoman 'Trask brings to life the struggles between the Indian nations and the advancing white Americans for the 'heart of America' in the 1820s and 1830s. 'Blending history with ethnography and a bit of sociology, Trask's volume explains the war and its lingering impact extremely well. Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America reminds us that there is surely a dark and violent side to that heart.'- Steven Conn, Chicago Tribune This is no easy task, given that the war was not documented in any great detail at the time and that the sources Trask did have come almost entirely from one side of the conflict. 'In his book Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America, has provided a richly detailed history of this campaign. Reviews Book Excerpts About the Author Reviews Praise for Black Hawk By dissolving the myths and legends and providing insights into how white America revises its history to fit a democratic mold, this account gives meaning to the struggles of Black Hawk and his people, illuminating the tragic history of frontier America and the Republic's ruinous pursuit of manifest destiny. Trask has produced an Indian perspective missing in previous books on the subject. Though the war lasted only three months, no other violent encounter between white America and native peoples embodies so clearly the essence of the Republic's inner conflict between its belief in freedom and human rights and its insatiable appetite for new territory.Дrawing upon original documents, diaries, and previously overlooked oral histories, especially in Native American archival collections, Kerry A. Longing for the life they had lost, Black Hawk and his followers, including more than 600 warriors, rose up in a rage in the spring of 1832, and defiantly crossed the Mississippi from Iowa to Illinois in order to reclaim their ancestral home. When the inevitable conflicts between natives and white squatters turned violent, Black Hawk's Sauks were forced into exile, banished forever from the east side of the Mississippi River. Its spacious longhouse lodges and council-house squares, supported by hundreds of acres of planted fields, were the envy of white Americans who had already begun to encroach upon the rich land that served as the center of the Sauk's spiritual world. Until 1822, when John Jacob Aster swallowed up the fur trade and the trading posts of the upper Mississippi and the region became inundated by white fortune seekers looking for lead, the six-thousand-strong Sauk Nation occupied one of North America's largest and most prosperous Indian settlements. Media Issues, Communication & Journalism.Computer Science & Information Technology.

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