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January 19, 2016
This book is written for 10 to 12 year olds. If you have a young one into history this is a GOOD book.
June 17, 2022
Many people in the United States, however, believed in Manifest Destiny--the idea that their country would one day stretch all the way across North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Mexican land stood between the United States and this destiny.
Despite the warning from Mexico, the United States annexed Texas, which became a state in 1845. Mexico responded by breaking all diplomatic ties with the United States. The disagreement grew, in part because of the United States' desire to seize Mexican territory. Congress declared war against Mexico on May 13, 1846. (PGS. 29-30)
And damn right the United States did! Sound familiar to anyone to the current politics at the moment? It's cool when we do it but when you do it, well......
"At the end of the Mexican War, the United States gained territory that eventually became the states of California, Utah, Nevada, parts of Colorado, and Wyoming, and most of Arizona and New Mexico." (PG. 31)
This was a very cool and interesting YA read. I liked that it was not watered down and made for delicate ears. Brenda Haugen laid out the details and history of Geronimo in such a small book. She had facts off to the sides and explained pictures and had many quotes from his autobiography.
Haugen detailed Geronimo's (given name of Goyakla) life from birth, families, up to his captures and death. Geronimo's family was killed by the Mexicans of the time and he despised Mexico vowing revenge for the rest of his life but never having peace again outside of there.
Once caught he became a sideshow attraction in the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. He had so much respect for President Theodore Roosevelt and even dedicated his autobiography to him but the president only saw him as a "good show piece" for the fair.
He finally died on 17 February 1909 of pneumonia in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I wouldn't say he led a wonderful life but he left a legacy and is well respected in the Apache community. Throughout his life he dealt with loss of freedom and home and was a smart and fantastic warrior. I know the Native Americans still deal with these feelings internally but they should be proud of their culture. They have more history that's told and retold to their children than the average American knows beyond their great-great grandmothers/fathers. I ask my parents questions all the time because I genuinely want to know and they don't have any answers. Disappointing.
Great starter book on not just Geronimo, but on the treatment of the Natives, how lands get stolen, breaking promises, lack of dignity, and how history repeats itself to today but if we word actions properly we can be the villain or hero in the half story we are given. Imagine how the other side would tell the story.....
Despite the warning from Mexico, the United States annexed Texas, which became a state in 1845. Mexico responded by breaking all diplomatic ties with the United States. The disagreement grew, in part because of the United States' desire to seize Mexican territory. Congress declared war against Mexico on May 13, 1846. (PGS. 29-30)
And damn right the United States did! Sound familiar to anyone to the current politics at the moment? It's cool when we do it but when you do it, well......
"At the end of the Mexican War, the United States gained territory that eventually became the states of California, Utah, Nevada, parts of Colorado, and Wyoming, and most of Arizona and New Mexico." (PG. 31)
This was a very cool and interesting YA read. I liked that it was not watered down and made for delicate ears. Brenda Haugen laid out the details and history of Geronimo in such a small book. She had facts off to the sides and explained pictures and had many quotes from his autobiography.
Haugen detailed Geronimo's (given name of Goyakla) life from birth, families, up to his captures and death. Geronimo's family was killed by the Mexicans of the time and he despised Mexico vowing revenge for the rest of his life but never having peace again outside of there.
Once caught he became a sideshow attraction in the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. He had so much respect for President Theodore Roosevelt and even dedicated his autobiography to him but the president only saw him as a "good show piece" for the fair.
He finally died on 17 February 1909 of pneumonia in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I wouldn't say he led a wonderful life but he left a legacy and is well respected in the Apache community. Throughout his life he dealt with loss of freedom and home and was a smart and fantastic warrior. I know the Native Americans still deal with these feelings internally but they should be proud of their culture. They have more history that's told and retold to their children than the average American knows beyond their great-great grandmothers/fathers. I ask my parents questions all the time because I genuinely want to know and they don't have any answers. Disappointing.
Great starter book on not just Geronimo, but on the treatment of the Natives, how lands get stolen, breaking promises, lack of dignity, and how history repeats itself to today but if we word actions properly we can be the villain or hero in the half story we are given. Imagine how the other side would tell the story.....
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