192777242 192901860 The old adage "follow the money" rings true in this second book in the Suppressed History series by Xaviant Haze (the first with co-author Paul Schrag). The theme running through is the role of the powerful Rothschild banking family from the post–American Revolution days to the end of the Civil War. From working behind the scenes with King George III to funding the 1812-14 war on America, fomenting economic crises and sponsoring both sides of the Civil War, the Rothschilds went all out to get their own way.
Yet this is also the story of those who stood up to them. Andrew Jackson, for example, was elected President in 1828 and spent his early days in office weeding out Rothschild agents. In 1835, as Jackson fought the Second Bank of America, the Rothschild family paid a mentally unstable man to assassinate him, but the bid failed. In 1865, another Rothschild hired hand, the actor John Wilkes Booth, succeeded in assassinating President Lincoln who had riled the banking family by having state banks issue "greenbacks". The Rothschilds, Haze writes, conspired to destroy what was a successful monetary system, creating yet another recession and exerting more control over the people.
The sub-theme of Haze's book is the discovery over the decades of giant skeletons, reported in the press of the day, and the interest of several Presidents in the subject. It's an intriguing book with a treasure-trove of archival images.