Dovetails in Tall Grass: A Novel

by Samantha Specks

As war overtakes the frontier, Emma's family farmstead is attacked by Dakota-Sioux warriors; on that same prairie, Oenikika desperately tries to hold on to her calling as a healer and follow the orders of her father, Chief Little Crow. When the war is over and revenge-fueled war trials begin, each young woman is faced with an impossible choice. In a swiftly changing world, both Emma and Oenikika must look deep within and fight for the truth of their convictions - even as horror and injustice unfolds all around them. Inspired by the true story of the thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men hanged in Minnesota in 1862 - the largest mass execution in US history - Dovetails in Tall Grass is a powerful tale of two young women connected by the fate of one man.

• ISBN10: 1684630932
• ISBN13: 9781684630936
• Publish Date: 7 October 2021 (first published 24 August 2021)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: SparkPress
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 328
• Language: English

Reviews

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

My favorite books teach me something about myself and the world I live in. Dovetails in Tall Grass taught me about the land I grew up on and I finally learned WHY there are few (or maybe none) indigenous people in southern Minnesota — a question I never asked in any of my history courses growing up.

Dovetails in Tall Grass is a bittersweet story of two women - one Dakota and one white - learning to survive in a world that is at odds with what they each personally believe.

Based on true events, Dovetails in Tall Grass brings light to a particular dark moment in Midwest and especially Minnesota history with an understanding there are multiple sides to every conflict and we must stop, listen and learn to respect each other.

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.