American Holocaust American History - 1426 Words

AMERICAN HOLOCAUST The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the Paradise so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives so horrific, it was hard to read about, let alone talk about. The Natives were so innocent and naive, that when Columbus would show them his sword they would grab the end and in effect slice open their hand. These people had no chance of†¦show more content†¦The graphic descriptions in which Stannard writes about throughout his whole book is not for the gentle stomachs. The atrocities committed by the various Europeans are anything but pure disgusting. I must say this was one of the hardest books to read. Reading is different then just a movie, because the imagery depends on your mind and how twisted one can picture these events taking place. The fact that our human mind can even imagine these horrifying images makes me sick as well. However, I do not feel that his book would have been as powerful if he hadnt set out to shock the reader with these various accounts. When he started out by describing was what happening in Europe before they even traveled here, that was startling. When he described the disease that spread and how many people lived in those conditions, it is no wonder that most of these people were not right in the head. On the other hand, when arriving at a new place, if the towns people open their arms and homes to you and welcome you into their lives, you do not kill them for it. No normal human being wakes up and says, Lets see how many babies I can feed to the dogs today. 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