Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story Of Michigan's Anishinaabe Sharpshooters

ISBN-10: 1250833221
ISBN-13: 9781250833228
Author: Walker, Sally M.
Interest Level: 5-9
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

Publication Date: July 2022

Copyright: 2019

Page Count: 304

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Interest Level

Grades 5-9

Reading Level

Lexile: 1030L
Accelerated Reader Level: 7.6
Accelerated Reader Points: 8.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical

Description
An engaging middle-grade nonfiction narrative of the American Indian soldiers who bravely fought in the Civil War from Sibert Award-winning author Sally M. Walker. More than 20,000 American Indians served in the Civil War, yet their stories have often been left out of the history books. In Deadly Aim , Sally M. Walker explores the extraordinary lives of Michigan.s Anishinaabe sharpshooters. These brave soldiers served with honor and heroism in the line of duty, despite enduring broken treaties, loss of tribal lands, and racism. Filled with fascinating archival photographs, maps, and diagrams, this book offers gripping firsthand accounts from the frontlines. You.ll learn about Company K, the elite band of sharpshooters, and Daniel Mwakewenah, the chief who killed more than 32 rebels in a single battle despite being gravely wounded. Walker celebrates the lives of the soldiers whose stories have been left in the margins of history for too long with extensive research and consultation with the Repatriation Department for the Little Trav
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