Free download or read online andersonville pdf epub book. Spirit lake massacre log cabin, arnolds park roadtrippers. Pdf andersonville book by mackinlay kantor free download. The cabin was a setting of mackinlay kantors novel spirit lake 1961. The sioux indians killed 38 people and took several women hostage among them yearold abby gardner. Press button download or read online below and wait 20 seconds. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
First edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper. Mackinlay kantors andersonville, an epic novel about the notorious. World publishing company, 1961 spirit lake iowa 957 pages. The spirit lake massacre the raid along the little sioux river in iowa the somewhat abortive relief expedition, and other aspects of this story are rooted in fact, in contemporary records, in files of the early settlements, and so on. Spirit lake ebook by mackinlay kantor 9781628156324. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the american civil war, and was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, andersonville. Ten years later, kantor was awarded the pulitzer prize for his novel andersonville. Spirit lake, a subsequent novel, was at least as ambitious, more than. If the south had won the civil war mackinlay kantor. This is the publishers blind stamp, and it is found on all first editions. Spirit lake by mackinlay kantor 2 editions first published in 1961 not in library. Mackinlay kantor mackinlay kantor mackinlay kantor. Frontier by mackinlay kantor nook book ebook barnes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading spirit lake.
Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. I was not aware that he had written a novel on the coldest and darkest days of the revolutionary war. Suffering a shortage of food, the renegade chief inkpaduta scarlet point led 14 sioux against the settlements near okoboji and spirit lakes in the northwestern territory of iowa near the minnesota border, in revenge of the murder of. Fine condition in very good, priceclipped dust jacket protected by a removable mylar cover. And one of the best selling writers of them all in the 1940s and 1950s, frank yerby, the guy who almost single handedly invented the romance novel, wrote a lot of really good. Picture of the first edition title page for spirit lake. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
He began to write seriously at sixteen, became a newspaper reporter at seventeen, and published his first book at twentythree. Over the next halfcentury, he went on to produce more than forty works including novels, short story collections, novels in verse, novellas, histories and. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 766 pages and is available in paperback format. Spirit lake ebook by mackinlay kantor rakuten kobo. Start reading spirit lake on your kindle in under a minute. Buy spirit lake by mackinlay kantor from amazons fiction books store. A novel of iowa in the 1850s, culminating in the spirit lake massacre of 57as seen both from the viewpoint of the dakota nation and that of the. Colleen coble, free epub, books to read, my books, kindle, christian fiction books, great books, audio. Story that helped ignite a movement by jodi kantor read free books online for. Epub 2 adobe drm you can read this item using any of the following kobo apps and devices.
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He was one of the most wellknown american writers during the 1950s and still remains one of the most respected civil war. Spirit lake by mackinlay kantor is a novel of length and graphic descriptions. Mackinlay kantor february 4, 1904 october 11, 1977, born benjamin mckinlay kantor, was an american journalist, novelist and screenwriter. Mackinlay kantor has 67 books on goodreads with 25800 ratings. One book i have fond memories of reading when it was new was mackinlay kantor s spirit lake. Mackinlay kantor was born in webster city, iowa, in 1904. Buy spirit lake by mackinlay kantor online at alibris. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. While i enjoyed the detail in describing events and the prose used to paint a picture of the time period, it was at times difficult to follow the storyline. Click to read more about spirit lake by mackinlay kantor.
The spirit lake massacre log cabin, also known as the gardner log cabin, is located in arnolds park, iowa, united states. Mackinlay kantor primary author only author division. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of spirit lake. Mackinlay kantorpulitzer prizewinning author of andersonvillevast in scope, breathtaking in intensity, forged in prose both muscular and lyrical, spirit lake is the truly great novel of the american frontier. Ive been trying to find that in ebook form for a couple of decades.
To all of this mackinlay kantor has brought the breath of life. Read spirit lake by mackinlay kantor available from rakuten kobo. Within these pages swarm the men, women, and children who, in the 1850s, plunged from new england, the ohio. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Rowland gardner had led a group of settlers into the region in 1856, and he built this cabin in july of that year. The spirit lake massacre log cabin, also known as the gardner log cabin, is located in. A story about love and death in chicago during the age of prohibition, this novel was originally published in 1928 and o. The spirit lake massacre march 812, 1857 was an attack by a wahpekute band of santee sioux on scattered iowa frontier settlements during a severe winter. Mackinlay kantorpulitzer prizewinning author of andersonvillevast in scope, breathtaking in intensity, spirit lake is the truly great novel of the american frontier. Mackinley kantor was born in webster city, iowa, on february 4, 1904. This is the fictionalized account of the spirit lake massacre which occurred march 1857 in west okoboji, iowa. The spirit lake massacre march 812, 1857 was an attack by a wahpekute band of santee.
I have previously read andersonville by mackinlay kantor and really enjoyed it. Mackinlay kantor, in full benjamin mckinlay kantor, born feb. Compelling historical fiction account of the 1857 massacre of settlers at spirit lake, iowa in the frontier west by the pulitzerprize winning author of andersonville. Mackinlay kantor pulitzer prizewinning author of andersonville vast in scope, breathtaking in intensity, forged in pr.
Books you would love to buy but cant mobileread forums. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor no truly central character. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are. A novel of iowa in the 1850s, culminating in the spirit lake massacre. Hostage three nick lake 1619631237 9781619631236 hostage three. The first edition of the novel was published in 1955, and was written by mackinlay kantor. Although the book is not absolute fact the book is based on kantor s many years of research. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
It is set in iowa during the era of manifest destiny, and depicts the epoch through a patchwork of numerous characters, families, and factions. Mackinlay kantor is currently considered a single author. Mackinlay kantor, pulitzer prizewinning author, master storyteller, shows us how the south could have won the civil war, how two small shifts in history as we know it in the summer of 1863 could have turned the tide for the confederacy. Mackinlay kantor s most popular book is andersonville. On march 8, 1857, a band of renegade wahpekuta sioux who had been alienated from the tribal structure attacked the gardner family and other settlers in the. Spirit lake epub mackinlay kantor achat ebook fnac.