Comments on: Not a dumb American: American edition

By: The Intimidating TBR Tag - Reading the End

The Intimidating TBR Tag - Reading the End — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:00:41 +0000

[…] Americans, by Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker. I read Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz’s An Indigenous People’s History of the United States a few years back and thought it was terrific. I’m also trying to be more aware of indigenous […]

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:03:12 +0000

In reply to Nish. Yep, super true. Any people who live in a place where people with better weapons WANT to live are going to get a crappy deal. :(

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:02:40 +0000

In reply to Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness). Hahahaha, yay GIFs indeed! I do them for my nonfiction posts.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:02:07 +0000

In reply to Sam (Tiny Library). You are welcome! It's a really interesting book!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:01:47 +0000

In reply to Stefanie. I'm glad they win sometimes; that's good to hear. It seems like so often you only hear about the battles that get lost.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:01:11 +0000

In reply to stitchesandmarginalia. YEP I remember that too.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:58:27 +0000

In reply to aliceburton. NO

By: Nish

Nish — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:20:11 +0000

Arghh, reading this book would make me so, so angry. I don’t know too much about American history, just what I gathered here and there from James Michener’s books, but it’s always seemed to me that the Indians got a really rough deal. Same thing with the Aborigines in Australia and the Maoris from New Zealand.

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:21:12 +0000

High five for your use of GIFs again. Also, smart review of a great/frustrating-sounding book… but mostly yay GIFs 🙂

By: Sam (Tiny Library)

Sam (Tiny Library) — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:09:56 +0000

I’m loving all of the Non-Fiction November posts at the moment. This book sounds particularly fascinating as I’ve been interested in American history ever since I visited a few years ago. Thanks for the recommendation 🙂