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A review by amyschmelzer
The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey
3.0
Overall well written. I picked it up for June on the Range.
However, there are two things that bothered me about this 118-year-old book. Christians have a God-given edict to convert the Indians living in Ohio to Christianity. It’s acceptable for a white man to kill an Indian whose sole crime is being born Indian. I do not agree with either of those statements although I understand that they were “truths” to those living in 1870s Ohio.
One thing I did like was the author’s use of geographical place names. I recognized Coshocton as well as the Muskingum River even though their historical spellings were different.
However, there are two things that bothered me about this 118-year-old book. Christians have a God-given edict to convert the Indians living in Ohio to Christianity. It’s acceptable for a white man to kill an Indian whose sole crime is being born Indian. I do not agree with either of those statements although I understand that they were “truths” to those living in 1870s Ohio.
One thing I did like was the author’s use of geographical place names. I recognized Coshocton as well as the Muskingum River even though their historical spellings were different.