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Suffering a shortage of food, the renegade chief inkpaduta scarlet point led 14 sioux against the settlements near okoboji and spirit lakes in the northwestern territory of iowa near the minnesota border, in revenge of the murder of. If the south had won the civil war mackinlay kantor. History of emmet county and dickinson county iowa start download portable document format pdf and e books. Discover book depositorys huge selection of mackinlay kantor books online.
He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the american civil war, and was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, andersonville. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Other first edition points for books by mackinlay kantor. This book is available as a free fullysearchable pdf from. Other first edition points for books by mackinlay kantor include. Benjamin mckinlay kantor february 4, 1904 october 11, 1977 was an american journalist and novelist. The first edition of the novel was published in 1955, and was written by mackinlay kantor. Mackinlay kantor february 4, 1904 october 11, 1977, born benjamin mckinlay kantor, was an american journalist, novelist and screenwriter. This is the fictionalized account of the spirit lake massacre which occurred march 1857 in west okoboji, iowa. Picture of the first edition title page for spirit lake.
Spirit lake by mackinlay kantor is a novel of length and graphic descriptions. Mar 31, 2017 spirit lake by mackinlay kantor 2 editions first published in 1961. Mackinlay kantor is currently considered a single author. A novel of iowa in the 1850s, culminating in the spirit lake massacre of 57as seen both from the viewpoint of the dakota nation and that of the. Mackinlay kantor books list of books by author mackinlay kantor.
Ebook history of emmet county and dickinson county iowa as. Spirit lake ebook by mackinlay kantor 9781628156324. He died on october 11, 1977 in sarasota, florida, usa. Mackinlay kantors andersonville tells the story of the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp, where fifty thousand union soldiers were held captiveand fourteen thousand diedunder inhumane conditions. Mackinlay kantor, the author of the pulitzer prize winner.
At first, he thinks that his new status as a spirit will provide some mischievous fun, but hes in for. No resting place a novel ebook by william humphrey. Mar 26, 2020 mackinlay kantor, in full benjamin mckinlay kantor, born feb. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the american civil war, and was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel andersonville, about the confederate prisoner of war camp. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of spirit lake. He sold andersonville to hollywood for a substantial sum, received several honorary degrees, and continued to write historical novels, the most notable being spirit lake, the story of an indian raid on settlers in iowa. Rowland gardner had led a group of settlers into the region in 1856, and he built this cabin in july of that year. Mackinlay kantor, pulitzer prizewinning author, master storyteller, shows us how the south could have won the civil war, how two small shifts in history as we know it in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the confederacy. One book i have fond memories of reading when it was new was mackinlay kantor s spirit lake. Although the book is not absolute fact the book is based on kantor s many years of research. Pdf andersonville book by mackinlay kantor free download.
Within these pages swarm the men, women, and children who, in the 1850s, plunged from new england, the ohio. I recommend this book to anyone interested in western history. This is the publishers blind stamp, and it is found on all first editions. Spirit lake is but one of many names in early american frontier history.
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