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Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr.

Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto

Vine Deloria Jr.

296 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

These Truths: A History of the United States

Jill Lepore

960 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Christian Smith, Michael O. Emerson

Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America

Christian Smith, Michael O. Emerson

224 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction race religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
For This Land: Writings on Religion in America by Vine Deloria Jr.

For This Land: Writings on Religion in America

Vine Deloria Jr.

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt

Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory

Claudio Saunt

416 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies by Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, Robert J. Miller

Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies

Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, Robert J. Miller

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Best of I.F. Stone by I.F. Stone

The Best of I.F. Stone

I.F. Stone

368 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling by Charles Johnson

The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling

Charles Johnson

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction literary reflective slow-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

320 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0robertpjones's review
nonfiction memoir reference informative inspiring reflective medium-paced