Brown Vs. Dee Brown

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"Successfully giving that Native American perspective for this part of the history, this book doesn't stop at educating its readers, but it also makes them feel amazed, surprised, shocked, uneasy, painful and so many emotions. This may be one of the most important books one can encounter, not only because it teaches exactly how America expanded west, but because the whole message talks about the true grim nature in so many important events of human history, and most of us are unaware of this dark tone in our past.
Dee Brown's writing style can't be described without using the word magnificent. The way this book takes us to such a travel in the past and tells us such a heartbreaking story but also gives us this need to keep on reading; even

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