Book Review: 38 Nooses by Scott W. Berg

Narrative non-fiction. I read this for the non-fiction book club at my local library (September 2014).  Skip the first 200 pages...just go to chapter 12 or so and read from there...really scattered writing, it is like he took about 4-5 articles and tried to mash them into a book.  Interesting topic but the writing leaves quite a lot to be desired.  3/5 stars for the topic about 1/5 for the writer.  I finished by sheer will alone.

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Book Review: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

Really enlightening and easy to read, covers primarily 1860-90, something from each of the regions in the U.S., some of the major figures involved (all sides), and ultimately how Native Americans were pushed onto reservations.  Some things I definitely did not know, and it is much more informative than most versions of U.S. history taught to us in school.  It was great to get an idea of the Native American perspective on many of these country changing events.  This was recommend to me by a woman I am in a non-fiction book club with, and I in turn now highly recommend this one as well.

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