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anxiousplanter's review against another edition
Didn’t give it a fair chance. The voice just just a little pretentious and was clearly a man writing it. I’m going to give it another try in the future it just wasn’t the book for me when I picked it up
benrogerswpg's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this Indigenous book.
Lots of American history, but still a good learning experience!
I have many more Indigenous reads left in my TBR
3.6/5
Lots of American history, but still a good learning experience!
I have many more Indigenous reads left in my TBR
3.6/5
mishasbooknook's review
5.0
This is a stunning work of scholarship that reads extremely engagingly and does a superb job in highlighting the injustices of the displacement of Native Peoples in the United States during the 1830s.
His use of sources is excellent and his writing style is very clear and easy to follow. This is a phenomenal historical monograph on this subject and deserves to be widely read beyond the context of a Master’s degree history program, which is the context in which I have read this book.
Saunt is truly a gifted scholar and this book should be required reading. I highly recommend this book for any looking to research Native American history or those that are looking to learn more about US History.
His use of sources is excellent and his writing style is very clear and easy to follow. This is a phenomenal historical monograph on this subject and deserves to be widely read beyond the context of a Master’s degree history program, which is the context in which I have read this book.
Saunt is truly a gifted scholar and this book should be required reading. I highly recommend this book for any looking to research Native American history or those that are looking to learn more about US History.
joakley's review
5.0
Straightforward, enlightening account of a tragic period of American history. Though the events are terribly sad I am glad to be more aware of how this all played out, as it was an historical event that I knew happened but knew almost no details of going into it. Highly recommend as it feels like required reading for American history, but also warning that a lot of it sucks to read about!
judereadsbooks's review
3.5
This book is important, and important books don't need to be artistically written, but its quite a relief when they are. I found this book to be a slog to read, which dampened its importance because I wasn't engaged. That being said, Native American removal was and is a series of actions big and small that aren't thrilling but are critical to understand. This book reads like a textbook, one you should read but one that perhaps you set down a few times before powering through.
rroseking's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
There is a lot of primary source usage which I love. It is not narriative based at all so if you need that to absorb history books this may not be for you. But it is excellent and I think a great book to get a more comprehensive narriative about what happened. It opens up a lot of doors they don't even bother to knock on in most educational areas.
Content Warnings
This book discusses the expulsion of indigenous groups in the U.S it could be upsetting to read at times.
sitibbetts7's review
3.0
I wish I could give this book more stars because the content is something every American should be familiar with. Sadly, the way the book is written is inaccessible with is constant quotes and overly thesaurused sentences.