Black Hawk, Frontier Warrior
- ISBN-10
- 0893751472
- ISBN-13
- 9780893751470
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 41
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Troll Communications Llc
- Author
- Joanne Oppenheim
Description
Traces the life of the Sauk Indian leader who struggled in vain to prevent the Americans from claiming the rich farmland near the Mississippi River in Illinois.
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