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Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name: The Change of Worlds for the Native People and Settlers on Puget Sound by David M. Buerge
3.5
"If we believe that life and hope are greater than death, honouring his deeds, answering his request, and attending to his vision will be the proof."
While this is an interesting and relatively important book on the history of how the most famous city in Washington state came to be, it does unfortunately suffer from an incredibly dry and dense writing style. I've read textbooks that are easier to read. About 30% of the way through I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish it but shear stubbornness won over. (Though I will credit Buerge's effort and research into how to correctly spell and say native names, such as chief Si'ahl of the dxʷdəwʔabš, it was really cool to see native languages written out and some of the sounds explained)
While this is an interesting and relatively important book on the history of how the most famous city in Washington state came to be, it does unfortunately suffer from an incredibly dry and dense writing style. I've read textbooks that are easier to read. About 30% of the way through I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish it but shear stubbornness won over. (Though I will credit Buerge's effort and research into how to correctly spell and say native names, such as chief Si'ahl of the dxʷdəwʔabš, it was really cool to see native languages written out and some of the sounds explained)