Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor of History and Director of the Public History Graduate Program at Loyola University Chicago.

This is so much more than a singular biography. In Blackbird’s Song, Karamanski has crafted a detailed and readable narrative of person, time, and place. This is how history should be written—with color, passion, and personality.—Anthony G. Gulig, Chair, Department of History, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Forest Youth 2. The Crisis 3. A New World 4. We Now Wish to Become Men 5. Citizen Blackbird 6. Doing Good amongst My People 7. Light and Shadows Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor of History and Director of the Public History Graduate Program at Loyola University Chicago.

This is so much more than a singular biography. In Blackbird’s Song, Karamanski has crafted a detailed and readable narrative of person, time, and place. This is how history should be written—with color, passion, and personality.—Anthony G. Gulig, Chair, Department of History, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Forest Youth 2. The Crisis 3. A New World 4. We Now Wish to Become Men 5. Citizen Blackbird 6. Doing Good amongst My People 7. Light and Shadows Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Theodore J. Karamanski is Professor of History and Director of the Public History Graduate Program at Loyola University Chicago.

This is so much more than a singular biography. In Blackbird’s Song, Karamanski has crafted a detailed and readable narrative of person, time, and place. This is how history should be written—with color, passion, and personality.—Anthony G. Gulig, Chair, Department of History, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Forest Youth 2. The Crisis 3. A New World 4. We Now Wish to Become Men 5. Citizen Blackbird 6. Doing Good amongst My People 7. Light and Shadows Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index