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History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner

History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner

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History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner

by SHARP, Abigail Gardner

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Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1971. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering and pictorial stamping. 386pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Much, much later facsimile reprint of one of the most famed of all Indian captivity narratives, first published in Des Moines in 1885. The Spirit Lake Massacre was a noted 1856 incident in which a small group of Sioux in northwestern Iowa attacked and killed 35 to 40 white settlers and kidnapped four young women, including 14-year-old Gardner. AYER 263. HOWES S 330.

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Title
History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner
Author
SHARP, Abigail Gardner
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Hardcover
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Used
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Publisher
Wallace-Homestead Book Co
Place of Publication
Des Moines, IA
Date Published
1971
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