Thomas Maltman
The intertwining story of three generations of German immigrants to the Midwestâ€”their clashes with slaveholders, the Dakota uprising and its aftermathâ€”is seen through the eyes of young Asa Senger, named for an uncle killed by an Indian friend. It is the unexpected appearance of Asaâ€™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. 
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The Night Birds