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Title: This Book Ruined My Life
Review: Dee Brown's masterful history of American expansion primarily through the 19th century should definately be required reading in any American History course. Accurately and unbiasedly presented, this is no PC fluff piece, but a true account of the attrocities committted by the United States and its citizens in the aquisition of territory. The account of Colorado's Sand Creek Massacre in which Colorado State Millitiamen literally slaughtered peaceful Cheyennes and later mutilated the corpses for public exhibit was particulary emotional for me - and is the inspiration for the review title. Such a stain! Overall a truly excellent anthology of the Indian Wars of the American West.
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