Encounters at the Heart of the World
First edition | |
| Author | Elizabeth A. Fenn |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Mandan; colonialism; disease |
| Genre | Indigenous History |
| Published | 2014 |
| Publisher | Hill and Wang |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 480 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-71107-8 |
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People is a Pulitzer Prize–winning non-fiction history book by American historian Elizabeth A. Fenn about the Mandan people, a Native American tribe located in what is now North Dakota. It was published in 2014 by Hill and Wang. The book draws on a wide array of sources, including demographic, ethnographic, archaeological, epidemiological, and climatological research and records, as well as Fenn's own travels through the region.