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Reading this book may change your life!, February 8, 2008
This review is from: How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World (Hardcover)
Wow! You must step outside your current view of life in these United States to make sense of Birchfield's knowledge, cynicism, sarcasm, wit, and predictions for the future of our country. He bases it all on past history that you probably have never heard (nor had I). I challenge you to read the book, and then act on some of his suggestions! Do beware if you believe in God. There are a couple of tough pages in the book that explain his atheist views. I was able to separate that from everything else he says and still appreciate his work.
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Delightful cover and topic, but writing is inaccessible., July 12, 2011
This review is from: How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World (Hardcover)
Let me admit something: I bought this book because it has the word "Choctaw" on the cover in very large letters. Twice. Actually three times. That was, frankly, my only reason and enough reason for me to get excited about it.
Unfortunately for me, the book was wrapped in plastic, so I could not open it and read a sample of the text.
This is a great book that suffered from a tragic lack of sound editing. The book seems to have great points to make about American history. If you're not already familiar with Pushmataha, the Choctaw's saving grace to America during the War of 1812, and the subsequent betrayal of the Choctaw people, then you will learn some good stuff even in the first few chapters. If you already know about them, you would probably enjoy hearing about them again through the author's cynical, over-the-moon wit.
That is, if you can wade through the writing.
The writing is verbose to a fault. Then it is verbose some more. And it's verbose in the same verbose language and verbosely uses the same words over and over. What's more infuriating, though, is that the author repeatedly employs a carriage-before-the-horse style of writing. It simply isn't any fun to be told how important a person is for ten pages before being told WHO that person is. I think the author wrote it this way to create a comical amount of dramatic build-up before saying what the point is. However, it is beyond excessive. Every chapter that I have attempted to read (the first few) touts something or someone as vitally important, but doesn't give any detail or even tell you what/who it is for PAGES.
I would love to read this book. If it gets a proper editing and an updated version is released, I will spend the money to purchase it again. But as it stands, as much as I WANT to read this, I simply can not trudge through the tedious writing.
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Ears to Hear...., May 22, 2011
This review is from: How Choctaws Invented Civilization and Why Choctaws Will Conquer the World (Hardcover)
This is an important read if you live in North America.
For those who have ears to hear, this completely frank book sets out the explosive potential for bedrock cracking violence that is ticking away within the current cultural, political and operational relations between the Choctaw and America societies. Birchfield lays out a case that full mutual respect and justice is required on a government-to-government and society-to-society basis soon, or we may all face literal hell to pay.
Most will not want to hear this message. General perceptions of First Nations do not encompass Birchfield's facts nor resonate with his open revelations.
In writing this book Birchfield used a tongue-in-cheek style that is part satire, part autobiography, part football allegory - all mixed with Choctaw-eye-view history for context. This makes the contents and relevance of the core message less accessible. But is probably necessary if more than a handful of insiders are ever going to get value from this fresh and frankly amazing expose.
Note: I find Birchfield completely in political correctness and a critic of Choctaws and Americans alike.
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