John Reeves — Grant's Betrayal: Power, Corruption, and the Theft of the Black Hills — at Conn Ave

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The controversial story of the secret conspiracy inside Ulysses S. Grant's White House that led to the theft of the sacred Black Hills from the Lakota people, set against a backdrop of brazen corruption, Lakota resistance, and Gilded Age greed. A riveting account of the secret, rapacious conspiracy that led to the theft of the sacred Black Hills, Grant's Betrayal https://politics prose.com/book/9798897102167 is set against a backdrop of brazen corruption, Lakota resistance, and Gilded Age greed. This unfamiliar story is about capitalism and fraud at the time of America's first centennial. It's also about loss. Over a period of several decades, the Lakota people lost most of their land, their bison herds, and their liberty to roam over their once expansive territory. Af…

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