
Indians, Cowboys, and Farmers, and the Battle for the Great Plains
1865–1910
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Jim Manchester
This is American history at its most basic. Believing that students get "lost in a swamp of factual information", the Colliers survey the essential concepts of settling the Great Plains, without a great deal of detail. For example, in describing the sequence of events that led to the Grattan Massacre, there is no mention of date, location, or names of the people involved. Without prior knowledge, listeners would not know it was the Grattan Massacre. Topics addressed include Native American history prior to contact with whites and conflicts with settlers and the military, ranching and cowboys, railroads, and reform movements that sought to help farmers and regulate big business. While the focus of this book is on political and institutional history, it does mention the contributions of women and minorities. References to other books in the series that further explain a topic are scattered throughout the text.
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The seemingly endless accounts of abuses towards farmers by big business, banks, and such was my favorite part of this book. People like J.P. Morgan aren't displayed nearly enough as villainous historical characters. A lot of tycoons did purely evil things in their pursuit of wealth & still do. Again, the presentation of this book and material at large is well put together.
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just the right size
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GREAT 📖 BOOK
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I also found several inaccuracies, which for me, cast doubt on the academic accuracy of the entire book.
For example, the description of how the Colt revolver operates is glaringly incorrect. The description reads, “the force of each shot revolved the cylinder to bring a new bullet into place behind the barrel.” Anyone who knows anything about the basic operation of a single-action revolver knows that the cocking action of the hammer, performed manually by the shooter’s thumb, is what rotates the cylinder to bring the new bullet into place—not the force of the previous shot.
I can tolerate some degree of bias (all books have bias), but I won’t waste my time reading books with glaring inaccuracies.
Biased & Contains Some Inaccuracies
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