Juliette Kinzie: Frontier Storyteller (Badger Biographies Series)

In 1830, a young woman named Juliette Magill Kinzie moved from her fancy home in Connecticut to a rustic log cabin in what would later be called Wisconsin. Juliette lived there with her husband, John, who worked as an Indian agent at Fort Winnebago, one of Wisconsin's earliest settlements. While living at the fort, Juliette came to know the Indian communities that called the land home, as well as the non-Indian settlers who were moving in. She later wrote a best-selling book about her experiences, __Wau-Bun: The 'Early Day' in the Northwest__, an important first-person account of life on the frontier. This new biography in the Badger Biographies Series turns the lens on the writer herself, detailing her life as she detailed the lives of those she encountered in the 1830s and 1840s. __Juliette Kinzie: Frontier Storyteller__ details war, hunger, and the rapidly changing times Juliette witnessed on the Midwestern frontier, following the pioneering woman through her own changes from socialite to pioneer to famous writer and even to the work of her granddaughter, Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1912. "In 1830, young Juliette moved from her fancy home in Connecticut to a rustic log cabin in what would later be Wisconsin. Juliette lived there with her husband, John, who worked as an Indian Agent at Fort Winnebago. While living at the fort, Juliette came to know the Indians who lived nearby, and the non-Indian settlers who were moving in. Juliette and John only lived at Fort Winnebago for 3 years--but those years were marked by war, hunger, and change for Indians and settlers alike"--Page 4 of cover Meet Juliette -- Growing Up In Connecticut -- A Partner In Adventure -- Traveling To The New Frontier -- Arrival At Fort Winnebago -- Life Among The Ho-chunk -- Traveling To Chicago -- A Family Visit -- News Of Trouble: The Black Hawk War -- A Difficult Winter -- Beginning Of A New Day -- Appendix: Juliette's Time Line -- Glossary -- Reading Group Guide And Activities -- To Learn More About Indian Life In Wisconsin. Kathe Crowley Conn. Includes Bibliographical References (page 120) And Index.