Over the Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising of 1862
YA-- Readers are placed in the center of the action in this account that tells of the Sioux in southern Minnesota, who after years of unconscionable treatment by the federal government, rose up and killed hundreds of white settlers and soldiers over the course of a few weeks. While a remote body in Washington cheated and starved the Sioux with impunity, the local citizens paid the consequences. The lucky ones were killed immediately--the rest suffered horribly. Schultz's evenhanded, highly readable account shows vividly the culture clash of Manifest Destiny as played out in individual lives. It's both a page-turner and a source for frontier/Indian research.- Judy McAloon, Prince William Public Library System, Woodbridge, VACopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.