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Over the Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising of 1862

December 26, 1862. On the day after Christmas, in Mankato, Minnesota, thirty-eight Indians were hanged on the order of President Lincoln. This event stands today as the greatest mass execution in the history of the United States. InOver The Earth I Come, Duane Schultz brilliantly retells one of America's most violent and bloody events—the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 324 pages

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