In Tribal Wars Of The Southern Plains, Stan Hoig argues that Native American history has been distorted to the will of the white man and his main focus is to bring light to the truths of Indian history in the nineteenth century. Hoig explains the truths of tribal warfare, before the white man came to conquer them. He discusses the differences between the white man and Native American accounts on history and of how both Indians and white man have glorified accounts of battles. Overall, Hoig enlightens readers about how the Native Americans grew accustom with the United States.
Hoig tackles tribal warfare for the majority of the novel. He made it clear that many Americans look back on history only remembering the fight between the white settlers …show more content…
When Hoig would cite a person or informational resource, he would use a footnote reference marks, as expected. Though, the footnotes were not organized properly. Many times the footnote served no purpose because the information explaining it could not be easily located.
Hoig had the same use of vocabulary throughout the novel, it seemed. Tribal Wars of the Southern Plains was published in 1993 but it still didn’t meet the expected standards for historian writing. Hoig had simple wording and did not challenge the readers. I would have liked to see Hoig use more complex phrases or wording.
Lastly, Stan Hoig was an informative author. He simply knew, understood and demonstrated that knowledge on his topic… But I would have appreciated if he used varying sentence structure. Hoig’s sentences either came across as too choppy or too lengthy. I believe increasing different variations of sentences would have helped more as far as the structure in his writing.
Hoig’s style of writing was unique but it was short of the essentials including lacking organization, simple wording and ineffective use of sentence variations. Improving those areas would have helped Hoig in a stronger
Hoig tackles tribal warfare for the majority of the novel. He made it clear that many Americans look back on history only remembering the fight between the white settlers …show more content…
When Hoig would cite a person or informational resource, he would use a footnote reference marks, as expected. Though, the footnotes were not organized properly. Many times the footnote served no purpose because the information explaining it could not be easily located.
Hoig had the same use of vocabulary throughout the novel, it seemed. Tribal Wars of the Southern Plains was published in 1993 but it still didn’t meet the expected standards for historian writing. Hoig had simple wording and did not challenge the readers. I would have liked to see Hoig use more complex phrases or wording.
Lastly, Stan Hoig was an informative author. He simply knew, understood and demonstrated that knowledge on his topic… But I would have appreciated if he used varying sentence structure. Hoig’s sentences either came across as too choppy or too lengthy. I believe increasing different variations of sentences would have helped more as far as the structure in his writing.
Hoig’s style of writing was unique but it was short of the essentials including lacking organization, simple wording and ineffective use of sentence variations. Improving those areas would have helped Hoig in a stronger