Category Archives: A Thrilling Narrative

Good Words

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

Zabelle and I are grateful for the warm reception of our new edition of Mary Butler Renville’s A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity in it’s first year off the press. Three new reviews recently came to our attention, excerpted below. I hope … Continue reading →

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Great Week for Books

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

While I’ve been researching a set of Dakota War artifacts that disappeared 150 years ago, great book news has been unfolding. Catherine Denial gave A Thrilling Narrative a great review in the Spring 2013 edition of Minnesota History. Denial concludes, … Continue reading →

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The Peace Coalition Coupon

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

It was so nice to have a full-house audience this afternoon at the Pond House despite the crazy, icy, mud! The coupon code I mentioned is at the bottom of this flyer: 20% off the 2012 edition of A Thrilling … Continue reading →

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Stories of the Dakota Peace Coalition

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

Tuesday night at the Minnesota Historical Society’s History Center in St. Paul, I could not have had a more engaged audience for my first presentation of one of my 2013 talks,”Stories of the Dakota Peace Coalition.” Thank you to all … Continue reading →

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Little Crow Slept Here

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

Saturday July 21, 1860, Alfred J. Hill took this photo of the Hazlewood (Hazelwood) Republic on the Upper Sioux Reservation in Minnesota. According to a letter written a few days later by one of the men in the foreground, the … Continue reading →

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Yellow-back Gold

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter by Mrs. Ann E. Stephens, June 1860. Edward S. Ellis’s first dime novel, Seth Jones: Captives of the Frontier, 1860, is said to have been one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite stories. Myrtle: The … Continue reading →

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The Peace Party Fought for Mni Sota Makoce, Too

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, in winter January 29, 2013, I am booked as the History Lounge speaker at the Minnesota Historical Society. I’m excited because after spending this past summer of commemoration talking about food –who was starving … Continue reading →

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Early Reviews

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Please excuse this first-time author’s grin :). While scholarly reviews of books often don’t appear until a year or more after publication, popular reviews of A Thrilling Narrative are beginning to appear! On 9/18/12, Sandy Amzeen summarized her Monsters and Critics … Continue reading →

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“Cincapi” means “children”

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Last week I was honored to get a fat manila envelope in the mail from a new friend at Sisseton. The envelope contained a host of treasures, including copies of files showing that the Bureau of Indian Affairs recognized one … Continue reading →

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Excerpt of A Thrilling Narrative

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

The University of Nebraska Press now hosts a digital excerpt of A Thrilling Narrative. You can read the Table of Contents, a note on our  editorial procedures, and the first twenty two pages of my Historical Introduction. Warning: The excerpt … Continue reading →

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