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Joanne Herrmann
Though the author of The Lost Loved Ones, Joanne C. Herrmann, was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota; she was not made aware of the 1862 Dakota War, until many years later, after she had ret...view moreThough the author of The Lost Loved Ones, Joanne C. Herrmann, was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota; she was not made aware of the 1862 Dakota War, until many years later, after she had retired from teaching and was living in Hawaii.
She discovered the historical event after viewing a video of a Commemorative walk on behalf of the hanging of thirty eight men after the Dakota Warr (also known as the Great Sioux Uprising). It still holds the dubious recognition of being the greatest mass hanging in U.S. history. . Somewhat chagrined at the suppression of this significant event, she researched and recreated the Dakota War and its injustice as the background to her story, immersed as it is in a Polish settlement in Northeast Minneapolis with which she was familiar.
Some of her insights and skills are derived from her MA in Theology from Marquette University (MU) and her MA in English from the University of Florida (UNF). After having taught Religion in Illinois and English in Florida and Hawaii, she returned to Jacksonville, Florida where she retired from teaching but continued to hone her writing skills in a Florida Times Union Community Column/Blog.. She is presently a widow, living in Florida near her three grown children and three grandchildren.view less