Tag savages and scoundrels

Things Our Fathers Never Taught Us: Paul VanDevelder on American History

Journalist Paul VanDevelder, author of Savages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire through Indian Territory, considers the development of American history from the perspectives of the Founders and what a narrow consideration of the nation’s expansion might mean for how we as Americans—indeed, all types—reflect on

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Historic Scoundrels: The Indian Problem and Its Biggest Influences

The 1831 removal of five Indian tribes from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory near present-day Oklahoma is known to us as The Trail of Tears. In Savages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire Through Indian Territory,Paul VanDevelder follows the stories from this trail, the

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