The Lady with the Gunpowder: A Luxembourger’s Tale of Courage in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

Not omitting useful details, the author describes in a concise manner the famous incident during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 when Mary Schmitz Ryan, a Luxembourg immigrant, exercised judgement and level-headedness to prevent the death of 150 of her fellow citizens. By Terry Sveine