MEET THE AUTHOR: Fort Dearborn

MEET THE AUTHOR: Fort Dearborn
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MEET THE AUTHOR: Fort Dearborn
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MEET THE AUTHOR: Fort Dearborn

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Author Jerry Crimmins reads from and discusses his recent novel that tells the story of the 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre from the point of view of two boys and their fathers, one an infantry sergeant and the other a Potawatomi warrior.

Recorded Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Chicago History Museum.