A County Divided: Dakota County, Minnesota, in the Civil and Dakota Wars

Beaver's Pond Press, 2017. First Edition. Schreier, David M. with Monjeau-Marz, Corinne : A County Divided: Dakota County, Minnesota, in the Civil and Dakota Wars. Edina (MN) : Beaver's Pond Press, 2017. First edition/First impression. Size is quarto (4vo), 10.25"/26cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt-orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dj, featuring a lovely uncredited painting of Fort Snelling and the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Plain red endpapers. [I-vii], viii pp prelim material, [1], 2-279 numbered pp, [280] blank; b&w photos/maps/illus. Authors' preface, prelude, six chaps (five on Civil War, one on Dakota War); endnotes, appendix ("Grand Army of the Dead" - list of Dakota County residents killed in the Civil War, plus photos of monuments to the dead); index. Condition notes: a lovely, like-new, gift-appropriate copy signed by both authors on title page. Light wear to dustjacket with just a touch of smudging to front head; else a handsome and unmarked copy. Valuable resource for those interested in the American Civil War and 1862 Dakota War, their aftermath, and how Dakota County, just south of St. Paul and Minneapolis, was involved. We personally inspect every book we offer.