A review by archytas
Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero by Nicholas Clements, Henry Reynolds

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This is the history of a war as well as a man, and due to the nature of the record, the war comes through more strongly than the man. Reynolds and Clements - Reynolds on big picture, Clements on the detail - briefly reconstruct what we know of this leaders' life before the Black War, before getting into the main section of the book.
I'm not naturally inclined towards military history, and I'd be lying if I said I found every sentence fascinating, but this builds such a compelling case for acknowledging this as a foundational war in Australia that I was gripped by the narrative as a whole. Those who do quite enjoy military history are going to love it.