The Ghost Road

By Matthew L.M. Fletcher,

Book cover of The Ghost Road: Anishinaabe Responses to Indian Hating

Book description

Even before the Revolutionary War, American colonists feared and fought "merciless Indian savages," and through the following centuries, American law and policy have been molded by the relentless tradition of Indian-hating. From proportional representation and restrictions on the right to bear arms, to the break-up of tribal property rights and…

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1 author picked The Ghost Road as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book gives a nice accounting of American Colonialism and their response to the People who inhabited this country prior to being discovered (sic). I was especially enlightened by the undertaking of explaining the Second Amendment from an understanding of the times and the people. Seeing how the three fears of the times no longer exist.

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