Book Summaries and Reviews

  Here is a chapter-wise summary of the book Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch: Chapter 1: The Brightest Yellow Bird In the first chapter, Murdoch introduces the reader to Lissa Yellow Bird, a Native American woman who was released from prison in 2009 after serving time for drug possession. Yellow Bird returns to her home on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, which has been transformed by the Bakken oil boom. The reservation is now home to thousands of oil workers, and the influx of money has led to a surge in crime and addiction. Chapter 2: The Missing Man In the second chapter, Murdoch tells the story of Kristopher Clarke, a white oil worker who disappeared from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in 2011. Clarke's disappearance is a mystery, and no one knows what happened to him. Yellow Bird becomes obsessed with finding Clarke, and she begins to investigate his disappearance. Chapter 3: ...

  Here is a chapter-wise summary of the book Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino: Chapter 1: The Rise of Black Power In the first chapter, Zucchino introduces the reader to Wilmington, North Carolina, in the late 19th century. Wilmington was a thriving city with a large and prosperous black population. Black people held elected office, owned businesses, and sent their children to school. Chapter 2: The White Backlash In the second chapter, Zucchino describes the rise of white supremacy in the South in the late 19th century. White supremacists believed that black people were inferior to white people and that they should not have the same rights as white people. They used violence and intimidation to suppress black voting and political power. Chapter 3: The Election of 1898 In the third chapter, Zucchino tells the story of the 1898 election in Wilmington. The election was a contest between a biracial Fusionist coalition and ...

  Here is a chapter-wise summary of the book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong: Chapter 1: United In the first chapter, Hong writes about her experience of being an Asian American in the United States. She describes feeling invisible and out of place, and she talks about the pressure to assimilate and to conform to white standards. She also writes about the feeling of being constantly scrutinized and judged, and she talks about the anger and frustration that comes with being a minority in a society that is still largely white. Chapter 2: Seeing Myself Through White Eyes In the second chapter, Hong writes about the ways in which she has been shaped by white culture. She talks about the ways in which she has internalized white beauty standards, and she writes about the ways in which she has been made to feel ashamed of her Asian heritage. She also writes about the ways in which she has been objectified and fetishized by white men, and she talks about the...