MASSACRE IN MINNESOTA: The Dakota War of 1862, the Most Violent Ethnic Conflict in American History

In August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the most violent ethnic conflict ever to roil the nation. A sweeping work of narrative history, the result of forty years of research, Anderson provides the most complete account of this dark moment in U.S. history. 40 pages of photos.