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Author Gilman, Rhoda R.

Title Henry Hastings Sibley : divided heart / Rhoda R. Gilman.

Imprint St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2004.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  977.604 Si11Bg 2004    ---  Available
Description ix, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
Contents Preface -- 1. The General begins an autobiography -- 2. The call of adventure -- 3. To the Mississippi -- 4. The Sioux outfit -- 5. Hal, a Dacotah -- 6. Turning points -- 7. The squire of Mendota -- 8. Making a territory -- 9. Taking the Suland -- 10. A new era -- 11. Schism and statehood -- 12. Widening rifts -- 13. Terror in the valley -- 14. Revenge on the plains -- 15. The conscience of the state -- 16. Larger than life -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Subject Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891.
Governors -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Minnesota Territory -- Politics and government.
Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1858-1950.
Legislators -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Fur traders -- Minnesota -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Army -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 087351484X (alk. paper)

 
    
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