Man in the Middle

<I>Man in the Middle</I> reopens the history of Henry Benjamin Whipple the First Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota using his sermons his letters and Dakota and Chippewa letters. The book explores his role as a crusader for the survival and salvation of the Dakota and Chippewa peoples of Minnesota and brings to light an obscure figure in American history that deserves a reintroduction to the story of American religious and Indian history.