A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Chapter 1: Summary

Title: “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress”
Summary: The Europeans came to the Americas in search of slaves and gold and brutally killed almost all the Indians, who according to many accounts were a peaceful and generous people.
Quotes:

“… it is enough to make us question, for that time and ours, the excuse of progress in the [...]

P.S. I Don’t Really Like You

I just finished reading P.S. I Love You, all 470 pages of it.  I picked it up a couple of weeks ago because I was looking for a fairly light read.  I had heard the movie was pretty good, and since I didn’t think I would get a chance to watch the movie, I thought [...]