Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan's Anishinaabe Sharpshooters

Hits the mark.--Kirkus

An engaging middle-grade nonfiction narrative of the American Indian soldiers who bravely fought in the Civil War from Sibert Award-winning author Sally M. Walker.

More than 20,000 American Indians served in the Civil War, yet their stories have often been left out of the history books.

In Deadly Aim, Sally M. Walker explores the extraordinary lives of Michigan's Anishinaabe sharpshooters. These brave soldiers served with honor and heroism in the line of duty, despite enduring broken treaties, loss of tribal lands, and racism.

Filled with fascinating archival photographs, maps, and diagrams, this book offers gripping firsthand accounts from the frontlines. You'll learn about Company K, the elite band of sharpshooters, and Daniel Mwakewenah, the chief who killed more than 32 rebels in a single battle despite being gravely wounded.

Walker celebrates the lives of the soldiers whose stories have been left in the margins of history for too long with extensive research and consultation with the Repatriation Department for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the Eyaawing Museum and Cultural Center, and the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinaabe Culture and Lifeways.

Author: Sally M. Walker
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 07/30/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250125255
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 506017 / Deadly Aim: The Civil War's Story of Michigan's Anishinaabe Sharpshooters


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 58
Shelf Awareness 08/02/2019

About the Author
Sally M. Walker is the author of Champion, a JLG selection and one of NCTE's 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Books. She is also the author of ALA Notable Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917, the acclaimed picture book Winnie, and Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which was awarded a Sibert Medal. She lives in Illinois

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