Blood on the Prairie - A Novel of the Sioux Uprising by Steven Merrill Ulmen

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Experience the history, the drama, the spirituality, and yes, even the humor, of the 1862 Sioux Uprising, which killed or injured nearly 1,000 Minnesota settlers. March as an infantryman with Henry H. Sibley, commander of the Indian Expedition, or explore hostile territory alongside Toby Ryker, fictional chief scout for the Sixth Minnesota Regiment. Fight Little Crow's warriors at the battles at Fort Ridgely, Birch Coulee, Wood Lake, and Camp Release. Witness the trials of the Sioux Indian leaders of the uprising, and the mass hanging of 38 Sioux warriors at Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862. This execution remains the largest mass execution in United States history. Historians, politicians, and military leaders were more concerned with the Civil War raging in the south during this time than with an Indian uprising in far away Minnesota, so this dark period in history received little attention, even though it remains controversial to this day. "Blood on the Prairie - A Novel of the Sioux Uprising," tells the story as seen through the eyes of those who witnessed the atrocities of this Indian war. Whites and Indians, both historical and fictional, tell the story of the uprising as they perceived it, and readers are allowed to form their own conclusions of these events. This is a must read for both historians and readers of American western fiction alike. It is a story that needs to be told, so that the process of reconciliation, long sought by both races can proceed. "Blood on the Prairie," the best in historical and western fiction, is heavily researched, historically accurate, and written by Western Writers of America author Steven M. Ulmen.

Steven Ulmen is a masterstoryteller as evidenced by "The Revenge of Little Crow", his highly praised and self-published historical novel of the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota that took place in 1862. Now Ulmen has fine-tuned and re-edited that superb novel to make it even better. It has now been enhanced with respect to historical accuracy and published as "Blood On The Prairie: A Novel Of The Sioux Uprising". A novel of clashing cultures fought out in the closing decades of the 19th century, this is western historical fiction at its best and recommended for personal reading lists and community library collections.

-- Midwest Book Review, Oregon, Wisconsin, USA December 2008

"Steven M. Ulmen deftly blends elements of the traditional Western novel with sound historical research to create a fast-moving and strikingly rich account of one of the West's most overlooked events: the 1862 Sioux uprising in Minnesota."

-- Johnny D. Boggs, three-time Spur Award-winning author of NORTHFIELD and CAMP FORD

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