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
• Publish Status: Active
• 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.