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After reading some of Rossons‘s current work, I found that The Mercy of the Tide was atmospheric, impactful, and beautifully haunting. Imagine how sorrow and loss becomes a vortex of grief. And yet, the sudden tragedy is just a warning for a larger catastrophe. There is a string of connection with characters, though all are individuals. A short, but terrific, read.

5 ⭐️s
This is another one that leaves me feeling completely inadequate. I don't know where to even begin to express the scope of the story or the impact it has had on me. I urge anyone that enjoys historical fiction, multi-generational storytelling, and having your heart torn from your chest to read it immediately.

Five HUGE stars.

It wrecked me.

Read it.

I knew this would be a difficult read so even though I‘ve owned this for a while, I kept putting it off. Glad I finally got to it, though it was hard going in some places. The atrocities people can commit against each other because of “otherness” never ceases to amaze me.

My lovely greengrocer gave me a punnet of a sprouting plant called Atsina® Cress. All I found about this mystery plant is: “This cress is named after an old North American tribe, the Atsina Indians. They used the leaves of this plant to make a warm sweet drink to ease the pain when they had a sore throat“ https://www.koppertcress.com/en/products/atsina-r-cress and no mention of the plant's common or latin name. Any idea what this is?

#Naturalitsy

I decided now is the perfect time to learn about the true history of the American West. The accounts of how unfair, cruel, and vicious the white men treated the American Indians was nothing but tragic. Time after time, the American Indians were kind, and willing to work with the white men. They are such a generous tribe who wanted to live simply in peace and connection with all cultures.

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#Lightning #BookBinge
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#BookBinge #Spirituality Playing catch up!Books I‘ve had for a very long time.

This is the tale of Herman Lehmann, a captive of the Apaches on the Southern Plains of Texas and New Mexico during the 1870s. Adopted by a war chief, he was trained to be a warrior and waged merciless war on Apache enemies, both Indian and Euro-American. Later, he joined the Comanches. Tons of brutality descriptions, and the women did not fare well - a tough read.

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick

Amazing book that tells the horrors suffered by the Native Americans at the hands of the white man.

It's shocking how these indigenous people were trusted, and reading this book was not easy at times, but I think everyone should read it.

This was a solid book…another historical fiction title by Jiles, this one based on true events and characters. The only thing lacking for me,was that I was hoping for more of a balance between the opinions and viewpoints of the expansionist settlers and the Native Americans. 4/5