The book opens with the problem of Blacks Hills, Dakota vast region which they say contains important natural resources but mainly ... gold!
The bad thing is, this region is the eternal property of the Lakota Sioux.
The problem for Americans is now to get your hands on this coveted territory.
A very pleasant thing in the book of Farid Ameur is that the initial situation is very well explained: rumors of gold in the Black Hills, the expeditions organized by the government, the situation on reserves and the growing importance Sitting Bull as white resistance figure and the other side Custer and his troops well decided to settle accounts with the Indians.
Then comes the moment of the conflict, the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The account of the battle occupies much of the book. We are truly transported to the battlefield. I note the good idea then to have put a book of early card in order to understand the various investments of the US military.
Farid Ameur does not spare us, it shows the war was such that: cruel and bloodthirsty. The mutilated corpses, the blood mixes with sweat, blue tunics wandering in the desert starving and terrorized by the Sioux ...
Finally the consequences of the conflict and after the Little Big Horn are described in thirty pages. One would hope that will be a little longer.
Conclusion: the American nineteenth century and especially its second half is simply exciting. Unfortunately, few French items devote to it. A big thank you to Farid Ameur that not only him but the fact very seriously. Finally, here is an accessible and very interesting book!
