{"product_id":"savages-and-scoundrels-the-untold-story-of-americas-road-to-empire-through-indian-territory-paperback","title":"Savages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America's Road to Empire Through Indian Territory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Vandevelder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanDevelder demolishes long-held myths about America's westward expansion and uncovers the unacknowledged federal Indian policy that shaped the republic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What really happened in the early days of our nation? How was it possible for white settlers to march across the entire continent, inexorably claiming Native American lands for themselves? Who made it happen, and why? This gripping book tells America's story from a new perspective, chronicling the adventures of our forefathers and showing how a legacy of repeated betrayals became the bedrock on which the republic was built.\u003cp\u003ePaul VanDevelder takes as his focal point the epic federal treaty ratified in 1851 at Horse Creek, formally recognizing perpetual ownership by a dozen Native American tribes of 1.1 million square miles of the American West. The astonishing and shameful story of this broken treaty--one of 371 Indian treaties signed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--reveals a pattern of fraudulent government behavior that again and again displaced Native Americans from their lands. VanDevelder describes the path that led to the genocide of the American Indian; those who participated in it, from cowboys and common folk to aristocrats and presidents; and how the history of the immoral treatment of Indians through the twentieth century has profound social, economic, and political implications for America even today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul VanDevelder\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and author. His book \u003ci\u003eCoyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.2 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735802744895,"sku":"9780300181852","price":91.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/64da186cf263e1c2dc98a15ee284ccf9.webp?v=1765144721","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/savages-and-scoundrels-the-untold-story-of-americas-road-to-empire-through-indian-territory-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}