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Title: Twilight of Empire (Eckert, Allan W. Winning of America Series.) by Allan W. Eckert ISBN: 1-931672-29-6 Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Tale of the Black Hawk War of 1832
Comment: This is the last book in Allan Eckert's Winning of America Series. "Twilight of Empire" chronicles the little-known but bloody Indian uprising in western Illinois in 1832 that became known as Black Hawk's War.
The war was named after the leader of the uprising, an old battle-hardened Sauk war chief named Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak...Black Hawk. In the years following the War of 1812, white settlers flooded into Sauk and Fox lands and the native tribes were forced into signing treaties that gave up their ancestral lands to the United States. In the spring of 1832, Black Hawk, in defiance of the United States and some of his own tribal leaders, led a large band of his starving people back across the Mississippi into northern Illinois to reclaim their stolen lands. This large movement of Indians was seen as hostile by the local white settlers and the militia was called out to subdue Black Hawk's band. The fatefull encounter at what would become the Battle of Stillman's Run would start off what would be the last major Indian war of the midwest. In the end, Black Hawk and his people would be decimated by pursuing American troops under General Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe, where hundreds of Indian women and children were shot or drowned while trying to escape back across the Mississippi River. This sad event marked the end of Indian wars east of the Mississippi and signaled the end of the way of life for the woodland Indians.
This story is deeply moving and involved and tells the history of a people and events not generally known today. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Story Ever Told
Comment: Not only is Twilight of Empire a great book, but the whole winning of america series are, without a doubt, the best stories ever told. I would recommend them to anyone, even those not very interested in history. You have got to read these!
Rating: 5
Summary: GREAT HISTORY LESSON
Comment: ALLAN ECKERT GOT ME FOREVER HOOKED ON THE FASINATING HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK AND THE BLACK HAWK WAR. HIS STORY TELLING STYLE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNTS OF THIS IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AREAS HISTORY MAKES IT A MUST READ.
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Title: Gateway to Empire by Allan W. Eckert ISBN: 0553241184 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: June, 1984 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Conquerors by Allan W. Eckert ISBN: 1931672075 Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Wilderness War: A Narrative (Eckert, Allan W. Winning of America Series.) by Allan W. Eckert ISBN: 1931672148 Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Wilderness Empire: A Narrative by Allan W. Eckert ISBN: 1931672024 Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Frontiersmen: A Narrative by Allan W. Eckert ISBN: 0945084919 Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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