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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown
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Description for Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Paperback. Describes how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. This book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. It focuses on a national disgrace. Num Pages: 512 pages, b/w, inset. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 402.
The American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre.
Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their land, lives and liberty to white settlers pushing westward. Woven into a an engrossing saga of cruelty, treachery and violence are the fascinating stories of such legendary figures as Sitting Bull, Cochise, Crazy Horse and Geronimo.
First published in 1970, Dee Brown's brutal and compelling narrative changed the way people thought about the original inhabitants of America, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099526407
SKU
9780099526407
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Dee Brown
Dee Brown spent the early part of his life in the lumber camps and oil fields of the American South West. He worked as a printer, journalist and a librarian, and has published numerous books, mostly non-fiction, dealing with the history of the American West. The tragedy of the American Indians haunted him from boyhood, when he first became aware ... Read more
Reviews for Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Original, remarkable and finally heartbreaking...Impossible to put down
New York Times
Shattering, appalling, compelling
Washington Post
An essential insight into modern America
Daily Telegraph
Calculated to make the head pound, the heart ache and the blood boil
The Times
New York Times
Shattering, appalling, compelling
Washington Post
An essential insight into modern America
Daily Telegraph
Calculated to make the head pound, the heart ache and the blood boil
The Times