The unofficial story of the conquest of North America, told by an illustrious rebel of our time.

Classic Hollywood movies told a thousand times the story of the defeated Indians. But they always ignored that of the only tribe that never surrendered: the Seminoles, a peaceful and matriarchal society from which unforgettable figures emerged like John Horse - a fierce leader who incited rebellion and the flight of black slaves -, Mae Tiger - first woman of her line with higher education and who would go on to preside over the Indian nation — or James Billie — Vietnam veteran who defeated the drug empire upon his return home.

Halfway between the essay and the novelistic recreation, the Italian nobel offers us an alternative vision of American history, rescuing little-known episodes and characters of the Indian resistance to make a heroic time story: from the first settlements in Florida and the landing of the Spanish, until the battles against the British troops and the American Army. A different version of events that actually serves as a backdrop for the hopeful idea that the text encourages: other communities, more just and egalitarian, with different ideas about property or human relationships, were once possible.