![]() ![]() " Bone Deep" by Charles Henry Bosworth, Joel SchwartzĪfter leaving his weekly game night, Russell returns home to find his wife Betsy in a pool of blood. Despite these criticisms, I highly recommend this book. I appreciate the author's attempts to provide a different perspective, but please call a spade a spade. Presenting torture, mutilation, scalping, and slaughter as something else lessened the author's credibility. When the Native American's slaughtered whites, it was portrayed as a skirmish, teaching the white man a lesson, etc. ![]() ![]() A massacre is a massacre regardless of which side commits it. I was amazed at all of the broken promises and treaties, I certainly didn't learn about that in school! My biggest problem, is that the book presented some things in a skewed manner. This book was heartbreaking and at times hard to read. The story of many famous Native American's are outlined, such as Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, and Red Cloud. When they fight back, they are massacred and beaten into submission. With each broken treaty, Natives are forced into barren land, unable to support themselves and their families. This book outlines the horrors and atrocities committed against Native American's during the height of American expansion. "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown ![]()
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