By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:46:05 +0000

Thanks, @brushytophouse. I’ve been wondering what native Texans thought of this one.

By: brushytophouse

brushytophouse — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:38:02 +0000

Only have made it through the 4th chapter of this book despite having owned it for about a month now. It’s a harrowing experience for the reader to say the least, especially for those who are mothers with young children such as myself. As stomach-turning as it has been at times, my initial impression is that Gwynne’s account is certainly a more accurate description of what life was really like for both white settlers and the Native Americans who inhabited my native state around the time of its founding than what was spoon-fed to me in my 8th grade Texas history class. Much of Texas history appears to be utterly romanticized. It’s clear that atrocities were comitted on both sides with nearly unimaginable examples of violence (had they not been recorded) which would be wholly unacceptable by today’s standards. Or may be not, if you consider what has happened in world history over the last one hundred years and even in the last decade (the Holocaust, the Balkan Wars, the genocide in Rwanda, and wars and more wars just to name a few examples). The violence gets shifted around or just more technologically advanced. Your discussion questions are excellent. However, the only book club I personally have access to is populated by women, mostly stay-at-home moms. I doubt they could make it past the first chapter or two before they’d run screaming back to The Help.

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