Night Birds, The
by Maltman, Thomas
The intertwining story
of three generations of German immigrants to the Midwest—their clashes
with slaveholders, the Dakota uprising and its aftermath—is seen through
the eyes of young Asa Senger, named for an uncle killed by an Indian
friend. It is the unexpected appearance of Asa’s aunt Hazel,
institutionalized since shortly after the mass hangings of thirty-eight
Dakota warriors in Mankato in 1862, that reveals to him that the past is
as close as his own heartbeat.
of three generations of German immigrants to the Midwest—their clashes
with slaveholders, the Dakota uprising and its aftermath—is seen through
the eyes of young Asa Senger, named for an uncle killed by an Indian
friend. It is the unexpected appearance of Asa’s aunt Hazel,
institutionalized since shortly after the mass hangings of thirty-eight
Dakota warriors in Mankato in 1862, that reveals to him that the past is
as close as his own heartbeat.