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Fort Dearborn: A Novel

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I loved your book! You deserve a Pulitzer! I felt as though I got to know everyone and will never forget their sacrifices. It took tremendous courage to do what these people did to give us the city we now enjoy. And I thought my parents sacrificed--spending seven days each in steerage.
I marvel that you could keep everything straight--the tribes, the Americans, etc. I read all the notes and found them very helpful. Again, thanks so very much for such a wonderful story.
- K. Glynn

I have just finished Fort Dearborn: A Novel and I love it! This is a most interesting, detailed,, exciting, and very well written account of an important event in Chicago and American history. It is most impressive that Mr. Crimmins studied the Indian culture and languages and folded his knowledge so skillfully into the book. The details in the notes section at the end of the book are just as interesting as the story itself.

The author portrays a very complex world, part French, part British, part American, part Native American. He shows how even this remote outpost and the surrounding communities were roiled by larger forces affecting the region and the nation. This is a captivating story, and even the experts on the early history of Chicago will find fresh insights.

Fort Dearborn is the best of what fiction has to offer: a fast-pace, interesting plot, engaging characters, and an effortless education about the prominent figures of a fascinating and violent era of Chicagoland's history. Great work!

- Steve

I just finished reading Fort Dearborn. The author did a great job weaving facts about early chicago into his novel. At the end of the book I wanted to read even more about the aftermath of the massacre. Great job!