{"product_id":"a-thrilling-narrative-of-indian-captivity-dispatches-from-the-dakota-war-9781496243386","title":"A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches from the Dakota War","description":"This edition of \u003ci\u003eA Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity \u003c\/i\u003erescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested 1862 U.S.-Dakota War in Minnesota. Written by Mary Butler Renville, an Anglo woman, with the assistance of her Dakota husband, John Baptiste Renville, \u003ci\u003eA Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity\u003c\/i\u003e was printed as a book only once, in 1863, and has not been republished since. The work details the Renvilles' experiences as \"captives\" among their Dakota kin in the Upper Camp and chronicles the story of the Dakota Peace Party. Their sympathetic portrayal of those who opposed the war in 1862 combats the stereotypical view that most Dakotas supported it and illuminates the injustice of their exile from Dakota homelands. From the authors' unique perspective as an interracial couple, they paint a complex picture of race, gender, and class relations on successive midwestern frontiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This narrative provides fresh insights into the most controversial event in the region's history, and includes groundbreaking historical and literary contexts for the text and a first-time collection of extant Dakota correspondence with authorities during the war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Butler Renville\u003c\/b\u003e (1830-1895) and John Baptiste Renville (1831-1903) dedicated their lives to education and mission work among the Dakotas. \u003cb\u003eCarrie Reber Zeman\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent historian specializing in the context and historiography of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. \u003cb\u003eKathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English emerita at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe War in Words: Reading the Dakota Conflict through the Captivity Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2009). Dakota scholar \u003cb\u003eGwen N. Westerman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hognander Minnesota History Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690523820306,"sku":"9781496243386","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bea60a4b-7417-489a-a57c-59eecec049db.jpg?v=1761738139","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-thrilling-narrative-of-indian-captivity-dispatches-from-the-dakota-war-9781496243386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}