Historical Fiction | Dakota War of 1862 | American Civil War
Black Powder: The Dakota War, the first novel in Marty Duncan’s revised Black Powder Trilogy, follows fictional characters whose lives become intertwined with the real people and events surrounding the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota and the American Civil War.
At the heart of the story is an Irish lass captured and held as a hostage during the Dakota War of 1862. Her story unfolds against the upheaval of war, bringing fictional lives together with historical people and events from a pivotal period in Minnesota and American history.
Kelsey, a feisty Irish lass is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were abused and threatened with death by Dakota warriors. She is, in her mind, damaged goods and needs to learn how to trust men. Her rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town, an agent-spy for Grant’s Army. His good friend Patrick Harant is a brave but naïve Union volunteer. Fate throws them together; the Civil War keeps them apart.
The Dakota War (orig title Vengeance) is the untold story of the 1862 Uprising of the Dakota (aka Sioux) in Minnesota in which 1600 white settlers were killed. It is the story of Patrick Harant, a young man who escapes prison in Louisiana; it is the story of Kelsey O’Welin who escapes an abusive father.
Book One of the Black Powder Trilogy
— Book I paints the Minnesota frontier in 1862. Second Edition is The Dakota War.
— Book II describes the Fifth Minnesota (1863-65). Second Edition is The Fifth Minnesota.
— Book III describes blizzards and locusts while their family grows: New Americans.
Historical Fiction | Dakota War of 1862 | American Civil War
Black Powder: The Dakota War, the first novel in Marty Duncan’s revised Black Powder Trilogy, follows fictional characters whose lives become intertwined with the real people and events surrounding the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota and the American Civil War.
At the heart of the story is an Irish lass captured and held as a hostage during the Dakota War of 1862. Her story unfolds against the upheaval of war, bringing fictional lives together with historical people and events from a pivotal period in Minnesota and American history.
Kelsey, a feisty Irish lass is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were abused and threatened with death by Dakota warriors. She is, in her mind, damaged goods and needs to learn how to trust men. Her rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town, an agent-spy for Grant’s Army. His good friend Patrick Harant is a brave but naïve Union volunteer. Fate throws them together; the Civil War keeps them apart.
The Dakota War (orig title Vengeance) is the untold story of the 1862 Uprising of the Dakota (aka Sioux) in Minnesota in which 1600 white settlers were killed. It is the story of Patrick Harant, a young man who escapes prison in Louisiana; it is the story of Kelsey O’Welin who escapes an abusive father.
Book One of the Black Powder Trilogy
— Book I paints the Minnesota frontier in 1862. Second Edition is The Dakota War.
— Book II describes the Fifth Minnesota (1863-65). Second Edition is The Fifth Minnesota.
— Book III describes blizzards and locusts while their family grows: New Americans.
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