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Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart. By Rhoda R. Gilman. (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004. ix + 286 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $32.95.)
      "As businessman, territorial representative, treaty negotiator, state governor, military leader, writer and elder statesman, Henry Hastings Sibley played a more varied and influential role in shaping the character of the Upper Mississippi valley than any other individual" (p. vii). So Rhoda Gilman opens her biography, which offers a nuanced examination of Sibley's character and motivations and an insightful analysis of the transformation of the Old Northwest from "the middle ground" to the agricultural and industrial heartland of the U. S. . . .
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