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GtrsRGr8 · 02-14-2017, 06:15 PM

This ebook meets all of my prerequisites for posting--high (or better) ratings, adequate number of ratings, bargain price, etc. But the reason that it's a must-post in my mind is the fact that the merciful and just actions by Lincoln in the event covered in this book are almost completely unknown to Americans today. Perhaps it is because, in people's minds, Lincoln's part in the prosecution of the horrendous American Civil War eclipse just about everything else that he did. The story in this book deserves to be known to as many Americans as possible, IMHO, however.

Lincoln's Bishop: A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors. By Gustav Niebuhr. Rated 4.8 stars, but from only 11 reviews at Amazon at the present moment; rated 3.74, from 39 ratings at the present moment at GoodReads at the present moment. Print list price N/A; regular(?) digital price $14.49; Kindle price now $1.99. HarperOne, publisher, 224 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Bish.../dp/B00FJ313UY.

Book Description
In the tradition of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals comes Gustav Niebuhr's compelling history of Abraham Lincoln's decision in 1862 to spare the lives of 265 condemned Sioux men, and the Episcopal bishop who was his moral compass, helping guide the president's conscience.

More than a century ago, during the formative years of the American nation, Protestant churches carried powerful moral authority, giving voice to values such as mercy and compassion, while boldly standing against injustice and immorality. Gustav Niebuhr travels back to this defining period, to explore Abraham Lincoln's decision to spare the lives of 265 Sioux men sentenced to die by a military tribunal in Minnesota for warfare against white settlers—while allowing the hanging of 38 others, the largest single execution on American soil. Popular opinion favored death or expulsion. Only one state leader championed the cause of the Native Americans, Episcopal bishop, Henry Benjamin Whipple.

Though he'd never met an Indian until he was 37 years old, Whipple befriended them before the massacre and understood their plight at the hands of corrupt government officials and businessmen. After their trial, he pleaded with Lincoln to extend mercy and implement true justice. Bringing to life this little known event and this extraordinary man, Niebuhr pays tribute to the once amazing moral force of mainline Protestant churches and the practitioners who guarded America's conscience.

Lincoln's Bishop is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photos.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	86% (or More) Markdown on Book about a Rarely-Known Great Act by President Lincoln. This ebook meets all of my prerequisites for posting--high (or better) ratings, adequate number of ratings, bargain price, etc. But the reason that it's a must-post in my mind is the fact that the merciful and just actions by Lincoln in the event covered in this book are almost completely unknown to Americans today. Perhaps it is because, in people's minds, Lincoln's part in the prosecution of the horrendous American Civil War eclipse just about everything else that he did. The story in this book deserves to be known to as many Americans as possible, IMHO, however. Lincoln's Bishop: A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors. By Gustav Niebuhr. Rated 4.8 stars, but from only 11 reviews at Amazon at the present moment; rated 3.74, from 39 ratings at the present moment at GoodReads at the present moment. Print list price N/A; regular(?) digital price $14.49; Kindle price now $1.99. HarperOne, publisher, 224 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Bish.../dp/B00FJ313UY. Book Description In the tradition of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals comes Gustav Niebuhr's compelling history of Abraham Lincoln's decision in 1862 to spare the lives of 265 condemned Sioux men, and the Episcopal bishop who was his moral compass, helping guide the president's conscience. More than a century ago, during the formative years of the American nation, Protestant churches carried powerful moral authority, giving voice to values such as mercy and compassion, while boldly standing against injustice and immorality. Gustav Niebuhr travels back to this defining period, to explore Abraham Lincoln's decision to spare the lives of 265 Sioux men sentenced to die by a military tribunal in Minnesota for warfare against white settlers—while allowing the hanging of 38 others, the largest single execution on American soil. Popular opinion favored death or expulsion. Only one state leader championed the cause of the Native Americans, Episcopal bishop, Henry Benjamin Whipple. Though he'd never met an Indian until he was 37 years old, Whipple befriended them before the massacre and understood their plight at the hands of corrupt government officials and businessmen. After their trial, he pleaded with Lincoln to extend mercy and implement true justice. Bringing to life this little known event and this extraordinary man, Niebuhr pays tribute to the once amazing moral force of mainline Protestant churches and the practitioners who guarded America's conscience. Lincoln's Bishop is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photos.