Dovetails in Tall Grass, Samantha Specks
Dovetails in Tall Grass, Samantha Specks
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Dovetails in Tall Grass
A Novel

Author: Samantha Specks

Narrator: Katie Anvil Rich, Hannah Cabell

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/14/2023

Synopsis

As war overtakes the frontier, Emma's family farmstead is attacked by Dakota-Sioux warriors; on that same prairie, Oenikika desperately tries to hold on to her calling as a healer and follow the orders of her father, Chief Little Crow. When the war is over and revenge-fueled war trials begin, each young woman is faced with an impossible choice. In a swiftly changing world, both Emma and Oenikika must look deep within and fight for the truth of their convictions—even as horror and injustice unfolds all around them.

Inspired by the true story of the thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men hanged in Minnesota in 1862—the largest mass execution in US history—Dovetails in Tall Grass is a powerful tale of two young women connected by the fate of one man.

About Samantha Specks

Samantha Specks is a clinical social worker who has worked on a child/adolescent psychiatric unit, as a dialectical behavioral group therapist with adults and adolescents, and as an outpatient psychotherapist. She currently lives in Texas, but her heart and mind resided in Minnesota, her home state, while working on Dovetails in Tall Grass, which is her debut novel. Her happy place is reading a good book or watching a terrible TV show with a cup of tea and her leggings covered in dog hair. Sticking with the theme of strong young women, Samantha and her husband welcomed a baby girl to their family while she was writing her debut novel. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

On December 26, 1862 thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men were hanged at the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Samantha Specks faithfully records the circumstances that led to the war and its aftermath in her debut novel Dovetails in Tall Grass. The story is told through the viewpoints of two young wo......more

Goodreads review by Stacie

My absolute favorite thing about reading historical fiction is learning something from our past that causes me to pause and reflect on what previous generations have gone through. Once I started this book, I knew that it would be a five-star read for me and it whole-heartedly was. During a visit to h......more

Goodreads review by Susan

What a tremendous story this is. I felt saddened on each page at the injustice of what occurred. There is a mix of fact and fiction, and on the final pages, a list of characters mentioned from history and fictional ones that make it heartbreakingly real. Each reflects the time. It is hard to believe......more

Goodreads review by Katelyn

This book was inspired by the true story of the thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men hanged in Minnesota in 1862. It follows two women; one white woman who's town is attacked Dakota-Sioux warriors, and one Dakota-Sioux whose tribe has been forced onto a reservation under false promises from the white men w......more

Goodreads review by Vicki

This historical fiction book is about western expansion and conflict with Native Americans. They way the author presented the story really caused me to consider both sides of the story in more in depth ways than I have previously. This book will stay on my mind for a long time.......more

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