Recensori in anteprimaPeter Shrake

Witness the dramatic changes that swept the Wisconsin frontier in the early to mid-1800s, through the life of Indian Agent John Harris Kinzie, "The Silver Man." From the War of 1812 and the monopoly of the American Fur Company to the Black Hawk War and the focused removal of thousands of Ho-Chunk people from their native lands, John Kinzie's life story gives us a front-row seat to a pivotal time in the history of the American Midwest. As an Indian agent at Fort Winnebago -- in what is now Portage, Wisconsin -- Kinzie served the Ho-Chunk people during a time of turbulent change, as the tribe faced increasing attacks on its cultural existence and sovereignty and struggled to come to terms with American advancement into the upper Midwest. This swashbuckling biography of a pioneering and respected Indian agent traverses both the early settlement endeavors and the turbulent changes and tragedies of his time. In so doing, "The Silver Man" offers a broader view of the world in which Kinzie lived and worked -- a world that, in no small part, formed the foundation of the world in which we live today.