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McLaughlin, James. “An Account of Sitting Bull’s Death.” PBS.org , 1891. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/eight/sbarrest.htm.

“Native American Sioux Dance 1894.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQGW5a0q51w.

9th Memorial Cavalry. “William Othello Wilson.” 9thcavalry.com , 2013. http://www.9thcavalry.com/history/wilson.htm.

Ostler, Jeffery. The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee . Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Richardson, Heather Cox. Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre . Basic Books, 2010.

Selfless Service: The Cavalry Career of Brigadier General Samuel M. Whitside from 1858 to 1902 . Thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College by Samuel L Russell, Maj, USA, B.S., Virginia Military Institute, 1988, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 2002.

Senate Joint Resolution 14, 111th Cong., 1st session. April 30, 2009.

Shackel, Paul A. “Wounded Knee Memorialization.” In Myths, Memory, and the Making of the American Landscape . University Press of Florida, 2001, pp.112–15.

Spotted Elk, Calvin. “No Medals for Massacre.” Avaaz.org . www.avaaz.org/en/petition/No_Medals_for_Massacre_Justice_for_Wounded_Knee/.

Viola, Herman. Trail to Wounded Knee: The Last Stand of the Plains Indians . National Geographic Society, 2003.

“Wounded Knee Massacre: Battle of Wounded Knee: Sioux Campaign of 1890–91: United States Army Reports.” http://www.paperlessarchives.com/wounded-knee-army-reports.html.

Most of the dialogue in this chapter was imagined, but the following quotations were taken in whole or in part from the historical record:

“the assassin of the brave Custer”: Huntzicker.

“In the annals of American history, there cannot be found a battle”: Huntzicker.

“Troops were not disposed to deliver its fire”: New York Times .

“The interests of military service do not, in my judgment”: New York Times .

“Mr. President, what happened at Wounded Knee was not worthy”: Letter to the White House from Calvin Spotted Elk, https://m.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10151398571283035&p=10&_rdr.

Most of the scenes in this chapter were developed based on facts from the historical record. However, while Nelson Miles was at the massacre site on January 1, 1891, it was a few days later that the arguments presented in our story were used to convince the Sioux to return to the reservation. In addition, while a Sioux named White Lance was at Wounded Knee and did visit the massacre site on January 1, the rest of the White Lance story is imagined.

Chapter 7: Easy Eddie & the Hard Road to Redemption

Most of the facts used to create this story came from the following sources:

Cantwell, Robert. “Run, Rabbit, Run.” Sports Illustrated , August 27, 1973. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087714/4/index.htm.

Ewing, Steve and John B. Lundstrom. Fateful Rendezvous: The Life of Butch O’Hare . Naval Institute Press, 1997.

“Lt. Butch O’Hare: Navy’s First Flying Ace.” National WWII Museum. February 20, 2012. http://www.nww2m.com/2012/02/lt-butch-ohare/.

Offner, Larry. “The Butch O’Hare Story.” St Louis Magazine , July 2005. http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/July-2005/The-Butch-OHare-Story/.

Sherman, Stephen. “Grumman F4F Wildcat: 7860 Planes Produced, Starting in December, 1940.” Acepilots.com . May 2002. http://acepilots.com/planes/f4f_wildcat.html.

Sherman, Stephen. “Lt. Cdr. Edward “Butch” O’Hare: First U.S. Navy Ace, Medal of Honor Recipient.” Acepilots.com . June 1999. acepilots.com/usn_ohare.html.

“USS Lexington (CV-2).” Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29.

There are a few imagined characters and sequences in this chapter that are worth pointing out: Eddie’s girlfriend at the speakeasy is not a specific, real-life person. The scene when Eddie first meets Al Capone is fictionalized; we do not know specifically when they met each other for the first time. It’s not known specifically when and how the first contact was made between Eddie and the authorities, or when Eddie first made his decision to turn on Capone.

Chapter 8: The Saboteurs: In a Time of War, the Laws Are Silent

Most facts used to craft this story were taken from a terrific book by Michael Dobbs, Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America, published by Vintage in 2005.

Other sources used:

Fisher, Louis. Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal and American Law . University Press of Kansas, 2005.

Goldsmith, Jack. The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration . Norton, 2009.

Transcript from 260: The Facts Don’t Matter . Originally aired on March 12, 2004. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/260/transcript.

Williams, Nathan. “What Happened to the 8 Germans Tried by a Military Court in World War II?” George Mason University’s History News Network. July 8, 2002. http://hnn.us/articles/431.html.

Most of the dialogue in this chapter was imagined, but the following quotations were taken in whole or in part from the historical record:

“If you fellas are ready to ship out tonight, we will take you. If not, leave now.”: Dobbs, 90.

Most of the dialogue between John Cullen and George Dasch during their Long Island encounter was taken from Dobbs, pp. 92–94.

“I have a lot to talk to you about”: Dobbs, 115–16.

“I know what you are going to tell me. I am quite sure that our intentions are very similar”: Dobbs, 116.

“I want the truth, nothing else—regardless of what it is”: Dobbs, 119.

“I never intended to carry out the orders”: Dobbs, 122.

“Can you spell that, sir”: Dobbs, 125.

“I, Franz Daniel Pastorius”: Dobbs, 126.

“a statement of military as well as political value”: Dobbs, 140.

“Did New York tell you I was on my way?”: Dobbs, 141.

“Got safely into town last night and contacted the responsible parties”: Dobbs, 142.

“I have a long story to tell but I want to tell it my own way”: Dobbs, 143.

“Is there any way you can get in touch”: “This American Life,” WBEZ , March 4, 2004, http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/260/transcript.

“Ammonia! I passed the handkerchief”: Dobbs, 166.

“My mind is all upside down”: Dobbs, 181.

“apprehended all members of the group which landed on Long Island”: Dobbs, 166–67.

“Urinated at 11:40 P.M. Appears a little depressed”: Dobbs, 182.

“I have a very important statement to make”: Dobbs, 193.

“Before the men could begin carrying out their orders”: Dobbs, 194.

“Not enough, Francis. Let’s make real money out of them”: Dobbs, 195.

“Realism calls for a stone wall and a firing squad”: Goldsmith, 51–52.

“Shoot them”: Dobbs, 222.

“Americans want to hear”: Williams, History News Network.

“The Eight Nazi Spies Should Die”: “This American Life.”

“six who I take it are German citizens”: Dobbs, 195.

“the roar of rifles in the hands of a firing squad”: Williams, History News Network.

“Here again it is my inclination”: Dobbs, 195.

“I want one thing clearly understood, Francis”: Dobbs, 196.

“There go the spies”: Dobbs, 209.

“invalid and unconstitutional . . . open in the territory in which we are now located”: Dobbs, 211.

“The commission does not sustain”: Dobbs, 212.