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Rising Up from Indian Country
Ann Durkin Keating
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Description for Rising Up from Indian Country
Hardcover. Recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the context of several wider histories that span the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville to the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. This title is published to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Fort Dearborn. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35 halftones, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn to Fort Wayne, hundreds of miles away. The group included several dozen soldiers, as well as nine women and eighteen children. After traveling only a mile and half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors. In under an hour, fifty-two members of Heald's party were killed, and the rest were taken prisoner; the Potawatomi then burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages. These events are now seen as a foundational moment in Chicago's storied ... Read more
In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn to Fort Wayne, hundreds of miles away. The group included several dozen soldiers, as well as nine women and eighteen children. After traveling only a mile and half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors. In under an hour, fifty-two members of Heald's party were killed, and the rest were taken prisoner; the Potawatomi then burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages. These events are now seen as a foundational moment in Chicago's storied ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226428963
SKU
V9780226428963
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About Ann Durkin Keating
Ann Durkin Keating is professor of history at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She is coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago and the author of several books, including Chicagoland: City and Suburbs in the Railroad Age and Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide.
Reviews for Rising Up from Indian Country
"Ann Durkin Keating has taken on the least explored area of Chicago history - its raucous beginnings - and brought it magnificently to life. The book is a landmark work, deeply researched and vividly written." (Donald L. Miller, author of City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America)"