Claudio Saunt
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies. In this distinctive history, Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of an immense and restless continent connected in surprising ways.In...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A history of the forced migration of 80,000 Native Americans across the Mississippi River in the 1830s. On May 28, 1830, Congress authorized the expulsion of indigenous peoples from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Over the next decade, Native Americans saw their homelands and possessions stolen through fraud, intimidation, and murder. Thousands lost their lives. In this book, Claudio Saunt upends the common view that 'Indian...