Rabu, 07 Juni 2017

American History Book Review: 38 Nooses

38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier’s End By Scott W. Berg, Pantheon Thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged in Mankato, Minn., on the day after Christmas 1862. It was the largest government-sanctioned execution in U.S. history, and arguably the most overlooked tragedy of the Indian Wars. Now 38 Nooses offers an …

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