TY - BOOK AB - A retelling of the Black Hawk War that brings into focus the forces struggling for control over the American frontier. Until 1822, the Sauk Nation occupied one of North America's largest and most prosperous Indian settlements, the envy of white Americans who had already begun to encroach upon the rich Indian land. When the inevitable conflicts turned violent, the Sauks were forced into exile, banished forever from the east side of the Mississippi River. Black Hawk and his followers rose up in the spring of 1832 and defiantly crossed the Mississippi from Iowa to Illinois to reclaim their ancestral home. 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.--From publisher description. AU - Trask, Kerry A. CN - E83.83 CN - E83.83 CY - New York : DA - 2006. ET - 1st ed. ID - 310282 KW - Sauk Indians KW - Fox Indians KW - Black Hawk War, 1832. LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050283-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050283-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2005050283-s.html N1 - "A John Macrae book." N2 - A retelling of the Black Hawk War that brings into focus the forces struggling for control over the American frontier. Until 1822, the Sauk Nation occupied one of North America's largest and most prosperous Indian settlements, the envy of white Americans who had already begun to encroach upon the rich Indian land. When the inevitable conflicts turned violent, the Sauks were forced into exile, banished forever from the east side of the Mississippi River. Black Hawk and his followers rose up in the spring of 1832 and defiantly crossed the Mississippi from Iowa to Illinois to reclaim their ancestral home. 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.--From publisher description. PB - Henry Holt, PP - New York : PY - 2006. SN - 0805077588 SN - 9780805077582 T1 - Black Hawk :the battle for the heart of America / TI - Black Hawk :the battle for the heart of America / UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050283-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005050283-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2005050283-s.html ER -