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plant seed storage Mega Seed Bank for Survival with Large Seed Storage Vault – SeedsNow.comThe All in One MEGA SEED BANK for Survival is a comprehensive seed storage solution designed for preppers, homesteaders, and self reliance enthusiasts. It features a large seed storage vault containing 55 different heirloom, non GMO seed varieties, enabling long term food independence. The seed bank supports emergency preparedness by preserving diverse crops for future planting and crop resilience in times of seed scarcity or disruptions. Materials

The All-in-One MEGA SEED BANK for Survival is a comprehensive seed storage solution designed for preppers, homesteaders, and self-reliance enthusiasts. It features a large seed storage vault containing 55 different heirloom, non-GMO seed varieties, enabling long-term food independence. The seed bank supports emergency preparedness by preserving diverse crops for future planting and crop resilience in times of seed scarcity or disruptions.

Materials and Construction

The seed storage vault is made from heavy-duty, airtight materials providing superior moisture protection and pest, insect, and rodent resistance. The container measures 10.5 inches in height and 4.75 inches in width, with a sealed closure to safeguard seed longevity. The seeds themselves are packaged in high-quality re-sealable, moisture-proof packets designed for durability and preservation, ensuring seed viability over decades if properly stored.

Key Features

  • Includes 55 seed varieties with over 88,000 seeds, covering vegetables, herbs, and greens
  • All seeds are heirloom, open-pollinated, and non-GMO, allowing seed saving and replanting
  • Seeds are packaged in high-quality resealable, moisture-proof packets to ensure longevity and viability
  • The seed vault is constructed from heavy-duty, airtight materials, measuring 10.5" (H) x 4.75" (W), offering superior moisture and pest resistance
  • Bonus pack of 25 organic seed starting soil pods for immediate indoor seed propagation
  • Suitable for growing a variety of crops including leafy greens, root vegetables, herbs, and more
  • All components are freezer safe and designed for long-term storage, facilitating preparedness for emergencies

This Mega Seed Bank for Survival is ideal for individuals preparing for urban or rural emergency scenarios, including natural disasters, economic disturbances, or seed supply disruptions. It supports long-term self-sufficiency by providing a diverse seed collection for growing essential food crops. It is also suitable for homesteaders and permaculture practitioners seeking a resilient seed reserve. The budget-conscious inclusion of a large seed variety makes this seed bank an affordable, reliable investment for any preparedness or survival plan.

Care Instructions

The seed bank and seed packets should be stored in a cool, dry environment away from direct sunlight. Seeds remain viable for many years if kept in a sealed, temperature-controlled space. The seed vault is freezer safe, allowing for extended preservation.

What is a Seed Bank and why should you have one?

With the rising prices of food and continued economic troubles worldwide, now is the best time to invest in a supply of open-pollinated, non-hybrid, non-genetically modified seeds (NON-GMO). At SeedsNow.com, we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality seeds.

What is a Seed Bank? The answer is simple: a seed bank is a store of seeds to be kept on hand in the event of an emergency or the unavailability of seeds.

Whether the market has changed or famine and war have altered the way we get access to produce and/or seeds, a seed bank represents a secure way for you to begin planting your own food.

 

Includes all of the following varieties:

 

1. Alfalfa Sprouts & Microgreens

Organic alfalfa is one of the healthiest and easiest sprouts you can grow!  Extremely high in protein, calcium, plus other minerals and vitamins in the B group, vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin K. We include alfalfa in this Seed Bank so that you have a way to harvest food, quickly. In as little as 3-5 days you can eat these sprouts! (Over 23,000 seeds!)


2. Artichoke - Green Globe

The Green Globe Artichoke produces a large, delicious green flower bud that opens into a purple thistle if left to flower. Choose a sunny spot in your garden with lots of room for this plant to grow. Artichokes are perennial plants that keep coming back bigger and more productive every year. (Over 400 seeds!)

 
3. Arugula - Roquette

Roquette Arugula (also called Rocket) is one of the easiest leafy greens you can grow, and can be harvested as early as 20 days after planting. The young seed pods, flowers, leaves, and mature seeds are all edible. A member of the mustard family, the leaves of the Arugula plant add a deliciously tangy/peppery flavor to any meal. (Over 2,000 seeds!)


4. Basil - Herb Mix

Enjoy some of our most popular varieties of Basil Herbs. This is a special blend of basil varieties we carry, sure to be a show stopper! You'll enjoy a wide variety of Basil plants with great flavors!  Very easy to grow. You're going to love this mix. As a companion plant, it attracts hummingbirds, pollinators, and beneficial insects. (Over 1,000 seeds)


5. Bean (Bush) - Jade

The Jade Bush Bean produces long and tender 7" long dark green beans. Easy to grow and matures quickly. Can tolerate high temperatures. Very sweet and tender - one of the best tasting bush beans! High in vitamins A, B and C. Only60 days to maturity! (Over 200 seeds!)
6. Bean (Bush) - Blue Lake

The Blue Lake Bush Bean produces long and tender stringless pods. Easy to grow and matures quickly. Pods can get as long as 5". Excellent flavor with firm texture and rich colors. Beans mature all at once making it an easy harvest. High in vitamins A, B and C. (Over 200 seeds!)
7. Beet - Detroit Dark Red

The most popular beet on the market. The 2 ½ to 3 inch globes. These beets are extremely nutritious and are considered to be a “cardiovascular health” friendly root vegetables.  It also contains a significant amount of vitamin-C, one of the powerful natural antioxidants. These 2 ½ to 3 inch globe shaped roots are tender and sweet. Only 60 days to maturity. (Over 250 seeds!)
8. Beet - Chioggia

A rare heirloom beet variety introduced to the United States in the 1840's from Italy. The Chioggia beet produces excellent yields of some of the sweetest pink skinned beets. Chioggia beets have red & white rings. Perfect for juicing, boiling, pickling, baking, and/or freezing. Leaves can also be used as greens. Grows well in containers and compact locations. Easy to grow. Can survive cold weather. (Over 425 seeds!)
9. Broccoli - Calabrese

This popular broccoli variety produces a short, 24 inch plant with medium-large heads. Withstands cold well. Best used for a fall crop. Extremely flavorful heads of broccoli. ‘Calabrese’ is an old Italian heirloom variety that sprouts side shoots that will mature for harvesting. Once the main head is cut off the plant will continuously produce many broccoli shoots during the season. (Over 1,200 seeds!)
10. Broccoli - Rapini / Raab

The Rapini (raab) broccoli produces excellent yields of large dark green broccoli raab. It has no central head like regular broccoli, but instead has side broccoli shoots. Excellent for stir fry, salads, and many other culinary creations. Extremely healthy with tons of health benefits: high in vitamin A and C. It's said to be very good for your heart. Plant early in the spring and harvest before the weather gets too hot. (Over 600 seeds!)
11. Cabbage - Chinese Bok Choy

This is the very popular Chinese non-heading Cabbage variety. Produces loose spoon shaped leaves with thick, tender, crisp and mild-flavor white ribs. Grows well in the cold. Ready to harvest in only 45-50 days. (Over 1,200 seeds!)

12. Cabbage - All Season

These seeds produces very flavorful heads of cabbage. Very reliable variety. It is best known as one of the earliest and best cabbages on the market! Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops. (Over 200 seeds!)
13. Cauliflower - Snowball

The Self-Blanche Cauliflower is a flavorful snowball-type cauliflower. The leaves curl upward and cover head to keep sun from ruining white color. Produces large 7" smooth white heads with large exterior leaves. This popular variety is an extremely dependable crop with heavy yields. Only 65 days to maturity. (Over 1,300 seeds!)

14. Carrot - Autumn King, 10" long

The Autumn King carrot is one of the more popular varieties to grow. It's split-resistant skin turns to a deep dark orange/red color as it matures.  One of the largest of carrots! Grows 10" - 12" long. Easy to grow in sandy soil. A favorite of many home grower. Carrots are a sun-loving plants that also like the cold. (Over 3,200 seeds!)
15. Carrot - Chantenay

Plant produces high yields of 5 ½" long orange carrots. Rarely splits. Grows well in winter. Easy to grow. Perfect for home gardens or market growers. (Over 2,700 seeds!)
16. Celery - Tall Utah 52-70

Recommended by USU. Produces strong and delicious 11" - 12" tall stalks of celery. Good heart development and strong roots. Excellent for juicing or blending into health drinks. Easy to grow. Definitely worth including in any sized garden. (Over 2,750 seeds!)

17. Collard - Morris Heading

Extremely tender, medium green leaves are broad and slightly crumpled. Compact plant forming loose heads of short steamed leaves. Tolerant of heat and cold and very rich in vitamins and minerals. The juicy leaves have a mild cabbage-like flavor and are delicious boiled, steamed, or as an addition to salads. 36 inches tall. (Over 1,200 seeds!)

18. Cucumber - Everbearing

The Everbearing cucumber is one of the most popular cucumbers you can grow. As its name implies, this cucumber variety continues to grow as its fruits are picked. Crisp fruit with excellent flavor and crunch. Vigorous vines loaded with fresh cucumbers all season. Great for table use, slicing, pickling and/or processing. Only60 days to maturity. (Over 200 seeds!)
19. Eggplant - Blackbeauty

Fruits are a deep-purple, egg-shaped globe about 6 by 5 inches. Eggplant is packed with tons of healthy vitamins and minerals. (Over 375 seeds!)
20. Eggplant - Long Purple Italian

This classic favorite produces club shaped fruit that are 10 inches long by 2 inches in diameter. Each plant will produce four or more dark, purple fruits. Eggplant is packed with tons of healthy vitamins and minerals. It contains compounds which promote good health and is shown to help prevent cancer and lower cholesterol. (Over 450 seeds!)
21. Kale - Blue Curled Scotch

The Blue Curled Scotch is an early Kale variety which will produce tasty greens!  Excellent in salads or steamed.  The blue-green leaves are finely curled and reach up to 12-15" in high! Extremely cold hardy. One of the best frost resistant kale varieties available. (Over 1,200 seeds!)
22. Kale Sprouts & Microgreens

Kale micro-green sprouts are really easy to grow and extremely nutritous. Just let them grow until you see the first set of true leaves. Perfect for a micro-green salad. Makes a great addition to any survival plan. These sprouts have a mildly sweet flavor. Ready to eat in less than a week! (Over 25,000 seeds!)
23. Kohlrabi - Purple Vienna

Popular home garden variety. The skin is purplish and the flesh is greenish/white. These are best enjoyed when they are 2 to 2½ inches in diameter! Kohlrabi can be eaten raw or cooked. Contains high amounts of selenium, folic acid, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium and copper. (Over 900 seeds!)
24. Leek - Carentan

Looks similar to large scallions and has an onion flavor. The foliage is green with white bottoms.  (Over 500 seeds!)
25. Lettuce - Crisphead

Crisphead lettuce is a type of compact butterhead lettuce that forms tight, dense heads. This variety is popular for its crisp texture and mild flavor, making it a versatile option for salads, sandwiches, and wraps. (Over 700 seeds!)

26. Lettuce - Tom Thumb

The tom thumb lettuce produces a small, round head with delicate yet delicious leaves. This variety can be planted close together. Ideal for small spaces. Grows well in containers on a patio or windowsill. Can be grown practically anywhere. (Over 1,300 seeds!)
27. Lettuce - Romaine, Classic "Paris Island Cos"

Large, upright, full-bodied heads with dark-green, slightly savoyed leaves that are mild and sweet. Plant reaches about 10 inches tall. Midribs are crunchy and juicy.  Because of their higher chlorophyll content, romaine lettuces are among the most nutritious of all lettuces. Excellent performer in the inter-mountain region. Mosaic tolerant. (Over 1,500 seeds!)
28. Lettuce - All Year Round

The 'All Year Round' lettuce is a classic Butterhead lettuce, with medium sized loosely formed heads and soft, buttery-textured green leaves. (Over 1,000 seeds!)
29. Melon (Cantaloupe) - Heart of Gold

The Heart of Gold melon produces a very sweet and delicious golden flesh fruit that grow up to 4 lbs! (Over 100 seeds!)
30. Mustard - Green Wave

A 1957 All-America Selections (AAS) Winner! Plant produces good yields of flavorful curly dark green leaves. Perfect for salads. Stays in the ground 2 - 4 weeks longer than other mustard varieties. Tolerates the cold extremely well. Perfect for home gardens and market growers.  Easy to grow. Mustard is high in Vitamin A, B, and C. (Over 400 seeds!)
31. Okra - Dwarf Long Pod

The Dwarf Long Green Pod variety produces heavy yields of 8" long by 1 ½" wide dark green okra. This spineless variety produces earlier and higher yields than other varieties. (Over 200 seeds!)
32. Onion - Evergreen Bunching

This plant produces very long and slender bunching onions. Grown exclusively as green bunching onions. Onions have white shanks and white skin making it a very attractive scallion for gourmet dishes. A hardy plant that can withstand cold weather. If you like scallions, you'll love this variety. Extremely popular. A must have for any onion-lover! (Over 700 seeds!)
33. Onion - Red Burgundy, Short Day

Plant produces flavorful 4" wide red onions. Onions are extremely healthy. They have been in used in traditional medicines since ancient times for its health promoting and curative properties. These onions have a mild but very sweet flavor. Excellent slicing variety. (Over 550 seeds!)
34. Onion - White Sweet Spanish

The White Sweet Spanish variety will produces a globed shaped white onion. Long day variety. This is one of the most popular white onion varieties available. Easy to grow. Perfect for beginners. Grows well in containers and tight spaces. (Over 700 seeds!)

35. Oregano - Classic Italian

Hardy plant with pungent, oval leaves and purplish pink flowers. Use fresh or dried in sauces and soups. Oregano is still used to treat a sore throat. Oregano is also high in antioxidant activity, due to a high content of phenolic acids and flavonoids. (Over 1,000 seeds!)
36. Pea - Oregon Sugar Snow Pod

This variety has unusually large, thick pods that grow up to 5" long. Medium green, flat pods are very tender and have a mild, sweet flavor that holds well into the season. Vines grow 30-36 inches tall and are heavy producers making this variety one of the best producing snow peas available. Shows resistance to common wilt, mosaic virus, and powdery mildew. (Over 150 seeds!)

37. Pea - Oregon Giant Sugar Pod

Mammoth type snow pea with excellent flavor and easy to grow. Excellent quality 4" light green pea pods. Resistant to Virus, Powdery Mildew and Common Pea Wilt. Vine height 16-30". Only 60 days to maturity! (Over 150 seeds!)

38. Pepper (HOT) - Cayenne Long Thin

The Red Cayenne Pepper will put a hop, a skip, and a kick in your step. Slender, glossy 5"-6" fruits grow abundantly on strong plants, bounding through all the primary colors as it matures from green to yellow to orange to red. Primarily used as a dried spice, but can be used fresh to rev up a salsa or to make pickling brine howl. (Over 145 seeds!)


39. Pepper (HOT) - Early Jalapeno

Slightly larger fruit and taller plant with heavy yield.  This Jalapeno pepper will produce over a long period. A mature jalapeño is 2–3½ inches (5–9 cm) long and is commonly picked and sold when still green, but occasionally when ripe and red. (Over 200 seeds!)
40. Pepper (SWEET) - California Wonder

The California Wonder Pepper is so easy-going, it doesn’t mind if you call it Cal Wonder. Sturdy plants produce lots of smooth, blocky 3"-4" fruits with mostly four lobes and thick skin that ripen from peace, man green ✌️ to groovy orange to right-on red. Juicy and crunchy with sweet, mild flavor, and no heat. Eat fresh or stuff with chicken and avocado for a wonderful easy lunch. (Over 240 seeds!)

41. Pepper (MILD) - Anaheim Chili

The Anaheim Chili Pepper is really quite mild. About one kick up from a bell pepper. This California native is called Hatch when grown in New Mexico and Seco del Norte when dried. Loads of long 6"-10" tapered peppers ripen from grassy green to forest to smoky red. Thick-skinned and fleshy, tangy and sweet, tasty when fresh or cooked into meat. Try chiles rellenos or corn chowder, or make it Seco and grind into powder. (Over 200 seeds!)

42. Pumpkin - BIG MAX

The Big Max pumpkin produces a large (60"+ diameter and weighs 100+ lbs.) bright orange pumpkin. Delicious bright yellow-orange flesh. Perfectly suitable for carving. Makes for a great pumpkin pie. (Over 80 seeds!)

43. Radish - White Icicle

Slender tapered root is 4 to 5 inches long with crisp, mild, white flesh. Radishes are an excellent source of vitamin C.  The leaves from the radish plant contain almost 6x the vitamin C content of their root and are also a great source for calcium. (Over 520 seeds!)

44. Radish Daikon Sprouts & Microgreens

Nutritious. Hints of pepper flavor. Radish sprouts have gained popularity in recent years. Ready to eat in less than a week! A great addition to any survival plan. (Over 5,300 seeds!)
45. Squash (Winter) - Delicata

The Delicata Squash are 8" long by 4" wide and have the most amazing exterior. Grows as a vine. Has a sweet potato flavor. Vine type plant is perfect for small gardens. Amazing flavor. (Over 100 seeds!)
46. Squash (Summer) - Early Crookneck

The Early Summer Crookneck is a popular Heirloom squash variety that grows extremely quickly - only 45 days! Grows as a compact bush size plant (not as a vine). Produces delicious and beautiful yellow 8" long fruits with a thin curving neck. Fast-growing summer squash produces large yields. (Over 60 seeds!)
47. Swiss Chard - Fordhook Giant Classic

This Swiss Chard variety produces beautiful and delicious tender pale green stems and dark green leaves with white veins.. Plant produces good yields of 10" tall leaves. Excellent for salads and/or steamed with others greens. A cold and heat tolerant variety. (Over 100 seeds!)
48. Thyme

Plant spreads to form attractive 8 to 12 inch high mounds. Aromatic leaves used to flavor meats, dressings, soups, and stews.

Before the advent of modern antibiotics, Thyme was used to medicate bandages. It has also been shown to be effective against the fungus that commonly infects toenails. It can also be found as the active ingredient in all-natural, alcohol-free hand sanitizers. (Over 1,000 seeds!)

49. Tomato - Rutgers (Indeterminate)

The Rutgers Tomato has all the best tomato qualities—medium tomato size, smooth tomato skin, bright red tomato color, slightly flattened tomato shape, old-fashioned tomato flavor, compact tomato plant, reliable tomato production, generous tomato yields, and kind to animals. A tomato you can take home to meet the family. (Over 150 seeds!)

50. Tomato - Beefsteak/Ponderosa Red (Indeterminate)

The Ponderosa Red Beefsteak Tomato produces meaty, bright red fruit with mild, sweet flavor. This low-acid ribbed slicer has very few seeds, so there’s more flesh to savor. Strong vines support heavy production, so stake well. Eat them any way you can think of. (Over 300 seeds!)


51. Tomato - Cherry, Large Red (Indeterminate)

If we were going to write a short intro about the Large Red Cherry Tomato, we wouldn’t describe them as “cute little things,” decorating your garden like “heavy clusters of small, ruby jewels” that are “bursting with sweet flavor. (Over 120 seeds!)
52. Tomato - Roma (Indeterminate)

The Roma Tomato is the quintessential plum/paste tomato. Light on seeds and juice, it has thick fruit walls and dense flesh that holds onto seasonings and spices. Ever so good cooked into a thick sauce or paste, canned, or pureed. Compact plants produce meaty, egg-shaped fruits that are sweet and tangy. Skip the flavorless ones at the grocery store and grow your own Romas this summer. (Over 600 seeds!)

53. Turnip - Purple Top White Globe

Smooth round roots, 4 to 6 inches across are purple on top and white below. (Over 1,000 seeds!)
54. Watermelon - All Sweet

Plant produces good yields of 25 lb watermelons. Has bright red flesh. Perfect for making Watermelon Candy (see how to here). Extremely flavorful and extra sweet with a tough rind (helps keep it fruit from bruising). Perfect variety for any sized home garden. (Over 75 seeds!)
55. Watermelon - Crimson Sweet

Can weigh up to 30 lbs. and has a dark green, tough rind with a bluish cast. (Over 185 seeds!)

 

 

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Its thesis is that we, as humans, are predisposed to emotional, gut-level decision-making. Although most liberals will not want to accept this, author, Drew Westen, makes his case so well even the most inveterate ostriches must pull their heads out of the sand. We believe first, then we seek to support our beliefs. How we come to believe is a complex interaction of genetics and environment, which Westen makes no effort to reveal. What he focuses on is the counter-productive illusion that facts and issues matter more than the emotions underlying the principles we value most in life. And Westen disabuses the reader of this illusion quite completely, giving examples of what should have been said and what should have been done in Democrat campaigns in response to Republican attack. As a psychologist, Westin teaches us how the human brain works and why it is important for liberal politics to know how it works before selecting a candidate and mounting a campaign.
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basically what could help democrats win.all well and good,but that side has much of the same donors(drug companies,defense contractors,oil industry,etc.)as the republicans.THAT'S why they don't push back fundamentally. one of my big problems with the author is his unapologetic.uneducated islamaphobia.he sounds like george bush when he mentions muslims actually.he fell for the propaganda.instead of drinking the koolaid of the cult,he should sip from the tea of informed tact. i know right-wingers wear their stances/prejudices on their sleeves,but the problem with the liberal side is the smugness they can exude towards everyone else,when,let's face,they're no better.they went to college to deepen THEIR prejudices with a more expanded vocabulary. otherwise,it's interesting from a psychological standpoint on how and what moves the masses.again,it's worth it to a point,just keep in mind that he's a bit of a meathead
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Thomas J. Farrell and I may be two of a small handful who actually have read Aristotle's Rhetoric. There are good reasons for this. Aristotle's rhetoric is useful to know historically, and gives one the aroma of scholarship, yet only in the sense of one's being well-read but not particularly useful. Westen's point is that Democrats are starving for useful rhetorical advice. Grounding ourselves in material some 2,300 years old is just not sufficient. cglambdin also missed the whole point, but more bluntly and therefore clearly. I would paraphrase Westen's major point as being: as long as you go around thinking "reason, good/everything else, not so good," you lose. Not only do you lose, you DESERVE TO LOSE. Why? In a democracy, "nobody likes a smartass." The corollary to this is: "if you don't know the difference between being smart and being a smartass, you're probably the latter." Now to an ancient aristocrat like Aristotle, the distinction wouldn't have mattered. In the United States of America, it should matter to everyone aspiring to leadership. We common folk expect our leaders to resonate with our values and life conditions. We don't care whether your blood runs a bit blue (as with the Kennedys) as long as you can be with us in spirit when you need to be. It's only polite. In 1992 the smartass class had great fun with Bill Clinton's "I feel your pain" comment, but missed the point that Clinton resonated while President Bush the First's glance at his watch during the same town meeting debate ended the campaign then and there. Drew Westen evokes what I considered state of the art in the communication field when I was in graduate school twenty-five years ago. Because he's a psychologist, and also not a smartass, I didn't expect him to bring up the theoretical language of people ranging from George Herbert Mead to Kenneth Burke. Rather, he demonstrates their insights! We get it! His work also fits well in the tradition of Walter Fisher's groundbreaking . Two things about Westen's book take off a star. Yes, he does meander. Also, his repetitive bashing of Bob Shrum comes off, at last, as an extended hard-sell advertisement for his own political consulting business. Perfection is elusive. Nevertheless, The Political Brain is doggone useful!
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Feels strange saying that I love a book that is as disturbing as this one is but I love that it's well-written and documented and it exposes some horrendous events in the history of the Americas as well as the world. Americans may well point fingers at the Nazis (and deservedly so) but it's a case of people in glass houses throwing stones. There is no question as to the repulsiveness and inhumanity of the genocide and mass murders perpetrated in Nazi Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao's China, the Khmer Rouge's Cambodia, and in a host of African nations, to name a few; but in our own not too distant past similar atrocities were perpetrated on the native populations of the Americas by the Spanish, Portuguese, British, and colonists/Americans. While the inhumanity elsewhere in the world is touched upon to show where the mindset of this barbarity likely originated, the focus is on the impact in the Americas -- North, South, and Central. The book contains graphic, disturbing descriptions of the cruelty done to the natives by men who have long been esteemed for their alleged contributions in history. Most notably Christopher Columbus. In my time in grade school, he and the many other conquistadors and explorers were portrayed and men of courage and integrity. This book paints a different picture of them as greedy, bloodthirsty, remorseless killers of peoples who they considered inhuman or subhuman. More troubling is Christianity's participation in these actions. Not to blame Christianity for initiating it but to indict it for condoning and even commending the events. Peaceful races of people minding their own business, living in communities well planned and constructed and advanced for their time, and who welcomed the interlopers were obliterated them. Much of the death and destruction was caused by the introduction of European diseases such as smallpox that killed tens of millions but a large part was also caused by actions of odious proportions. Entire civilizations such as the Aztec and the Inca and the Arawak whose artifacts have since been admired and sought after were wiped off the face of the earth. Tens of millions of people slaughtered. Men, women, children butchered. In numbers likely to exceed those of the aforementioned genocides combined. The purpose being to acquire their lands and their riches. Considered to be no more than animals needed to be exterminated. This is our history. This book should be required reading for everyone. The graphic descriptions of the savagery should cause outrage not only for the acts themselves but for a cultures that has covered up their crimes for centuries. And the holocaust has not ended yet.
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A masterpiece of scholarship and analysis. This book is nothing less than the single most important work that you will ever read. Our entire culture is built on Holocaust Denial while those most responsible for this abnesia drape themselves in the flag of holocaust memorialism but have little honesty in their true agenda. An agenda that allows in North America alone for there to be at least 50 Holocaust memorials, museums and monuments... only problem is they are ALL about the Holocaust that happened in Europe and NOT about the colossal extermination that took place where they live. It is not only denial on the part of the nations of the Americas and Europe but those responsible for this Holocaust Denial in relation to Indian America insist on an image of being the world's caretakers of holocaust memory. What a bloody audacity. Why do we let the Spanish off the hook so lightly? Why is there no demand for Spain to make its Mea Culpa? Why is there no AMERICAS HOLOCAUST memorial in Madrid, Washington, London and Ottawa ? This brilliant book re-addresses the imbalance. POST SCRIPT.... There is a reviewer further down who uses the monica of "history buff" who rejects the value and integrity of this work. In fact he utterly insults Mr Stannard and his thesis. So I thought I would check out his other reviews...oh boy! One of the remarks he makes in a book claiming that Saddam was behind 9/11 goes "But it is very difficult to argue with the facts that were available to the agencies which pointed to a direct link between Saddam and Al Qaeda." This example of his world view is the mild end of it. So people consider the character of the self-described "history buff" who rejects Stannard's brilliant thesis on the Holocaust in the Americas. The reviewer "history buff" has a world view that comes straight out of the 1950's HUAC committee (he associates all Left wing thought with the Soviet Union not knowing that the Bolshevik regime prohibited the platform of the revolution and that its first victims were in fact the most sincere and dedicated Left revolutionaries. Clearly he has never read the finest autobiography in the history of English language autobiography; Emma Goldman's LIVING MY LIFE volume 1 and volume 2. The latter volume includes a first hand account of the destruction NOT construction of socialism by Lenin and his cohorts ). .
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