Rising Up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago

by Ann Durkin Keating

Book Overview

In August 1812, under threat from the Potawatomi, Captain Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn to Fort Wayne. The group included several... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226428966
• ISBN13: 9780226428963
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"