Books by Lisa Brooks
“It looks at an event that you might know well if you’ve taken an American history class, King Philip’s War. And you will probably have heard about some of the Native actors associated with that conflict, namely, the person denoted ‘King Philip’ by the English. Brooks looks at two figures who are found in the primary source documents from that conflict, but somehow have been ignored in other historical treatments. One of them is a native woman who led her people at the time of the conflict. The other is a man who lived a little bit later, a Native man who was part of what’s called a Puritan praying town. He got involved in printing and the creation of stories about New England’s history, including captivity narratives. Brooks makes these formerly overlooked Native characters central to her story. By doing that, she’s able to highlight what it meant to experience King Philip’s War as a Native person in these different circumstances. She asks what we can learn about that conflict from their points of view.” Read more...
The best books on Native American history
Jennifer Graber, Historian
Interviews where books by Lisa Brooks were recommended
The best books on Native American history, recommended by Jennifer Graber
That US expansion was predicated on the violent dispossession of Native people is a key aspect of American history that is finally getting the attention it deserves among historians. Here Jennifer Graber, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, highlights books by Native scholars and writers that focus on their experience.
