A Fateful Day in 1698 Michael Israetel including David Ruggles

including David Ruggles

and literary theory both speak about and speak through the profound story of traumatic experience

Wentworth Prize in American History

memorable experiences and rich rewards

In a probing introduction

A Fateful Day in 1698 Michael Israetel including David RugglesIn 1698, the Apache and their allies attacked a sleeping Sobaipuri O'odham village on the San Pedro River at the northern edge of New Spain, now in southern Arizona. This book, about one of the most important Southwestern battles of the era in this region, reads like a mystery. At the same time, it addresses in a scholarly fashion the methodological question of how we can confidently infer anything reliable about the past. Translations of original