“Even though none of my ancestors participated in the slaughter, I felt a deep sense of shame that my people could have ever participated in the events. That sense of sorrow has led me to want to apologize to the emigrants’ descendants for the carnage and plundering that took place.” Read more.
“A vivid, gripping narrative of one of the most notorious mass murders in all American history, and a model for how historians should do their work. This account of a long-controversial horror is scrupulously researched, enriched with contemporary illustrations, and informed by the lessons of more recent atrocities.”
— Daniel Walker Howe , Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848