ladymirtazapine's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, War, Racial slurs, Genocide, Medical content, Gun violence, and Alcohol
darwin8u's review
4.0
This book was originally published in 1833 (dictated by Chief Black Hawk to his translator, Antoine Leclair) and was an immediate best seller. A no holds barred and unflinching narrative of the great Sauk leader, 'The Autobiography of Black Hawk' stands as one of the very first accounts of the conflict between American indians and white settlers. Historically, this is an important work because it stands as one of the first native narratives of the war of attrition fought against American indians. It is a moving, but also a very important piece of our National story.
Black Hawk, in this autobiography, emerges as a multifaceted, strong, and even sometimes inconsistent leader, whose introspective honesty gives us a depth to both his own life story the story of of the Sauks, during the Black Hawk War.
Black Hawk, in this autobiography, emerges as a multifaceted, strong, and even sometimes inconsistent leader, whose introspective honesty gives us a depth to both his own life story the story of of the Sauks, during the Black Hawk War.
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