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Unsettled ground: the Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West
| Title | Unsettled ground: the Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West |
| Other Title | Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West |
| Names | Tate, Cassandra. |
| Book Number | DBC19229 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Books |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were among the 13 people killed by Cayuse Indians in November 1847. They became legendary martyrs to the American settlement of the Pacific Northwest. Their real story is much more complicated than the legend. Unrated. |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. |
| Local Notes | "Historian Cassandra Tate proposes to assemble the story of the Whitman Massacre from the many accounts while including the native point of view to provide a greater context to the event"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Narrator | Porter, Gregg. |
| Length | 10 hours, 32 minutes |
| Local Subject | Northwest history - NW8 |
| Native Americans - NW - NW3 | |
| Northwest author - NW7 | |
| Northwest - NW | |
| Biography - BI | |
| Adult book - AD | |
| Nonfiction - NF | |
| U.S. History - HI1 | |
| Produced at WTBBL - PAW | |
| LC Subject | Cayuse Indians - Missions - Oregon |
| Cayuse Indians - Missions - Washington (State) |
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| Cayuse Indians - Oregon - History - 19th century |
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| Cayuse Indians - Washington (State) - History - 19th century |
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| Whitman Massacre, 1847 |
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| Oregon - History - 19th century |
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| Washington (State) - History - 19th century |
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| Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Wash.) |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Audience Notes | A NLS/BPH |
| Call Number | 979.748 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Contents | The Attack -- The Imperial Tribe -- The Missionaries -- Destination Oregon -- Early Years at Waiilatpu -- The Disillusionment Becomes Mutual -- Explosion of Grief and Violence -- Aftermath -- Canonization -- Reinterpreting the Whitman "Tragedy." |
| Released | 2020 |
| Publication Info | Seattle : Sasquatch Books 2020 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, [2020] 9781632172501 |
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