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Revisado: 04-26-25

Just what a historical book should be, especially since the author lived in Japan to conduct the necessary research.

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The other perspective that needs to be told

Revisado: 11-11-24

Overall, I thought the author did a good job building his case. Near the end, I began to wonder why he was slipping into Trump derangement syndrome. I don’t think that added much to the story other than to make me wonder what other agenda he was pushing that was not supported by the data he was quoting.

Being as that, I am writing this review after the 2024 election, it is somewhat ironic that the working class people the author is advocating for is led by Mr. Welches deal making friend. I am sure there will be more to this story in the coming years.

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A bit too long

Revisado: 10-27-24

I understand that the topic of Indian history in the Americas is probably more than can be put into one book, However, I felt the author was repeating themselves many times and the content could have been condensed.

I appreciate the fact that the author covered the evolution of the legal system in its interaction with American Indians.

Kudos to the narrator for the pronunciation of many unfamiliar names and terms.

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Just the Facts, ma’am.

Revisado: 10-01-24

It was helpful to get a relatively unbiased view of DJT without hints of derangement syndrome or sycophancy from the author.
I discounted other reviewers criticisms against HRM as someone trying to paint themselves in a positive light.
My only criticism is that HRM is a much better off the cuff speaker than a narrator. I listen frequently to many presentations from HRM, but found the book, missing some of the spark I’ve come to expect by listening to him.

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Good Stories, but…

Revisado: 08-20-24

I fell into the buzz around how great this book was and got it as my credits were stacking up. It’s not hard to like M2, so what the heck, I figured this was no brainer.

To steal a theme, the first red light was the narration style was at times hard to follow. All of the inflections are over the top. While I get his “voice acting” was genuine (which is great), but it took me a while to pick up on some of the material as he was almost “rap talking” for some of his poems/musings. This is his style, fine, just hard for a Joe Schmoe like me to pick up on at times.

I appreciated his openness.

The other “red light” was that I’ve heard him chat in long form interviews, so I was hoping to get more of a deep dive into some topics, but to no avail. Just a story about his life, which was entertaining to a point…. Guess I just was expecting something more.

The last “red light” is sorta related to the second. It’s hard to make the final point without sounding jealous, but this goes back to this was a collection of stories and he was the main character…. It was hard to feel sorry for the guy that always got the girl(s), had the truck, took the magnificent road trip…. Etc, on and on. Yeah, there was some adversity sprinkled in from time to time. Understand he added “perspectives” and “green lights” to close the loop… But back to #2, I expected more

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Myth busting the Trail Of Tears

Revisado: 09-27-23

I’ve read the other reviews and comments pointing out bias of one party over the other. I don’t think that was the point. Point was that this is a much more nuanced event (Trail of Tears) and it needn’t have to happen “that way”.

The Ridge Party saw the writing on the wall, and took action accordingly. Ross is a good bit less than a “holier than thou” Moses of his people.

All in all a failure of government and leadership and what happens when people have blind loyalty to a party/person with the inability question authority.

As a longtime resident of East Tn, I appreciated the detailed geography of these events as I’ll pass by them with a bit more respect and reverence going forward.

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Now you know why he’s on the $20

Revisado: 05-06-23

While I always thought I paid attention in history class and read American history, this period was always a bit lacking as it didn’t have the thrill of the revolution nor the drama for the immediate lead up to the Civil War and its consequences.

It seems that everyone wants to bash Jackson for the Indian Removal, fair enough. But that simplifies things…. Any president in that same situation would have done the same. Had they not, the Union wouldn’t have existed much longer as the Indians would have been continually stirred up by English, Spanish, and perhaps even the French.

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Audiobook afterthought

Revisado: 01-16-23

My review is similar to many other already expressed. Excellent story by Dr. Sledge. Disappointed in the narration.

Although I can grant some mistakes and nuances, I felt the overall performance focused too heavily on trying to replicate a southern accent or other ethnicities. I just don’t think this narrator could pull it off without it sounding just a bit hammy.

A great testament to the human spirit, and how an educated man can do terrible things, suffer a great deal and still return home and find peace eventually.

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A bit on the Academic side, but good advice for considering.

Revisado: 02-07-22

The beginning of the book was a little hard to follow at first. The names and places of the Roman stoics are lost on the modern mind. However I understand that the source material does need to be referenced.

Once I got through that challenging part , I enjoyed listening and found many parallels with other books that cover inner peace.

I felt the narration came up a little short. While it was calm and not annoying it was perhaps a little bit too calm.

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Why a Partisan piece?

Revisado: 10-07-21

This could have been so much better but it was riddled so much with partisan snark, that I’m afraid the overall thesis is overlooked, which is too bad.

Perhaps they could have found someone other than the author to read it and the attitude may have been dialed down, but I doubt it.

Came as a recommendation from CSIS, who is usually non-partisan….. gonna have to re-think that.

I’m inclined to believe that we have out of control security state, but to blame it all on white fundamentalist christians is a simplistic argument that doesn’t take hours to make.

In all fairness, I had to just stop listening at two hours into it….. I’ve got better things to listen to that are more holistic and balanced

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