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Life Of Black Hawk, Or Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak:Dictated By Himself
[Paperback - 2008]
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Additional Category: North American History - Sociology
Publisher: Penguin Classics | ISBN: 9780143105398 | Pages: 144
Shipping Weight: .119 | Dimensions: 5.1 x .37 x 7.69 inches

A rediscovered, defiant work of Native American literature, presented here on the 175th anniversary of its first publication

Upon its publication in 1833, this unflinching narrative by the vanquished Sauk leader Black Hawk was the first thoroughly adversarial account of frontier hostilities between white settlers and Native Americans. Black Hawk, a complex, contradictory figure, relates his life story and that of his people, who had been forced from western Illinois in what was known as the Black Hawk War. The first published account of a victim of the American war of extermination, this vivid portrait of Indian life stands as a tribute to the author and his extraordinary people, as well as an invaluable historical document.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

born 1767Black Hawk, originallyMakataimeshekiakiak, a noted leader of Sauk, fought with the British against the Americans in the war of 1812 and opposed policies ofKeokukof accommodation with the government of the United States; its troops in a brief known conflict of 1832 defeated him.Zachary Taylorserved as an officer of Army in the war of 1832 against Black Hawk.Keokuk, leader of Sauk, aided the United States in the war of 1832 against Black Hawk and negotiated peace between his people and the Lakota in 1837.chiefhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_H...

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