Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Name: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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An Indian History of the American West

By Dee Brown

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown is a landmark, meticulously documented history chronicling the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes during the late 19th century. Drawing on council records, autobiographies, and firsthand accounts, it tells the stories of Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes through the leadership of great chiefs and warriors. The narrative details battles, massacres, and broken treaties that gradually stripped Native Americans of their freedom and lands, profoundly reshaping the American West.
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This important historical work is well-suited for readers interested in American history, indigenous studies, and social justice. It will appeal to those seeking a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the injustices faced by Native American peoples in the 19th century.

The classic bestselling history "The New York Times" has called original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking is available in a special 30th-anniversary edition. 56 illustrations.

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The landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century, now on its 50th Anniversary.

First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. It was the basis for the 2007 movie of the same name from HBO films.

Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown introduces readers to great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes, revealing in heartwrenching detail the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that methodically stripped them of freedom. A forceful narrative still discussed today as revelatory and controversial, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee permanently altered our understanding of how the American West came to be defined.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780805086843

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 May 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Henry Holt & Company Inc

Edition: Annotated edition

Audience: General / adult

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Pages: 487

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American & Canadian History Dee Brown Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dee Brown was the author of over twenty-five books on the American West and the Civil War. His Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, considered a classic in its field, was a New York Times bestseller for over a year, and has been translated into many languages. Dee Brown died in 2002.

Hampton Sides is editor-at-large for Outside magazine, and the author of Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound On His Trail, and, most recently, In the Kingdom of Ice.