Archive - Apr 24, 2008

Let Them Eat Grass, The 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota: Volume 1 Smoke
Author: John J. Koblas
Publish Date: 2006

Mr. Koblas presents a detailing of American Indian history from earliest times, carefully setting up the climate of inevitable confrontation with the arrival of white settlers in Minnesota. He explores the treaties made with the United Sates government and the Indian nations and explains why and how these treaties failed, how both sides failed to understand the fundamental differences in culture, and how the pressure put upon the politicians in Washington D. C., to open land for settlers enticed them to break treaties almost before the ink dried. The stage is set for the coming conflict, including the skirmishes that preceded the uprising that had to come. Volume I, SMOKE, is the first book in a three volume set focusing on the conflict.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Author: Ron Hansen
Publish Date: 1983

American history's most famous outlaw comes alive in Ron Hansen's imaginative recreation of the West. The charismatic Jesse James has a quick temper, an even faster draw, and holds sway over his ragged ganguntil the arrival of upstart Robert Ford. Torn between worship and jealousy, Ford makes a fateful decision that torments him for the rest of his lifeand becomes one of the most legendary events of the American frontier.

Northfield: A Western Story
Author: Johnny D. Boggs
Publish Date: 2007
Hardcover

Every wonder what conversations Frank and Jesse James had when planning the robbery here in Northfield? Well, this new historical fiction book by renowned western author Johnny D. Boggs gives you an insight into those conversations.

Follow the gang through their planning stages of the Northfield robbery to their escape in "their own words."