{"product_id":"birch-coulie-9780803236363","title":"Birch Coulie","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Birch Coulie was the decisive battle in the deadly Dakota War of 1862. In \u003cem\u003eBirch Coulie\u003c\/em\u003e John Christgau recounts the dramatic events surrounding the battle. American history at its narrative best, his book is also a uniquely balanced and accurate chronicle of this little-understood conflict, one of the most important to roil the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eBirch Coulie\u003c\/i\u003e is] a dramatic narrative that students of frontier and Minnesota history will wish to read closely.\"—Gilbert Taylor, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBirch Coulie\u003c\/i\u003e is a great re-telling of a great story. \u003ci\u003eBirch Coulie\u003c\/i\u003e accurately captures not only the events leading up to this historic battle, but also the emotions of its participants. Christgau seems to understand the depth of Dakota frustrations that produced one of the most determined Native attacks on US troops in all of American History.”—Carl Colwell, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.), director of the Renville County (Minnesota) Historical Society and director of the Minnesota Valley History Learning Center\u003cbr\u003e\"Christgau's book is essential reading on the 150th anniversary of the largely forgotten, under-taught war that he describes as \"a brutal collision of two worlds and cultures.\" —Curt Brown, \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John Christgau has captured the facts of the 1862 war and the battle at Birch Coulie in a way that brings them alive to the reader.\"—Gary Revier, \u003ci\u003eMinnesota's Heritage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Private Robert K. Boyd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Red Iron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Little Crow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Gray Bird\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Gaboo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Colonel Sam McPhail and Lieutenant Sheehan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Dr. Daniels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. The Messenger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Little Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Epilogues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSources\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405251387735,"sku":"9780803236363","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803236363.jpg?v=1730489288","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/birch-coulie-9780803236363","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}