Synopses & Reviews
A true classic of American history,
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Browns eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell in their won words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.
A true classic of American history, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Browns eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell in their won words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.
“Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking....Impossible to put down.”The New York Times
“Shattering, appalling, compelling....One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages.”William McPherson, The Washington Post
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"Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking . . . Impossible to put down. "-The New York Times
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"Shattering, appalling, compelling...One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages." --William McPherson, The Washington Post "Extraordinarily powerful." --Nat Hentoff "Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking . . . Impossible to put down. "-The New York Times
Synopsis
A true classic of American history,
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Browns eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell in their won words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.
Synopsis
The never-out-of-print best-seller that documents the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century.
About the Author
Dee Brown is the author of more than twenty-five books on American history and the West.