Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Books | History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
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Dee Brown
The “fascinating” #1 New York Times bestseller that awakened the world to the destruction of American Indians in the nineteenth-century West (The Wall Street Journal). First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated shockwaves with its frank and heartbreaking depiction of the systematic annihilation of American Indian tribes across the western frontier. In this nonfiction account, Dee Brown focuses on the betrayals, battles, and massacres suffered by American Indians between 1860 and 1890. He tells of the many tribes and their renowned chiefs—from Geronimo to Red Cloud, Sitting Bull to Crazy Horse—who struggled to combat the destruction of their people and culture. Forcefully written and meticulously researched, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee inspired a generation to take a second look at how the West was won. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
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Author
Dee Brown
Pages
494
Publisher
Open Road Media
Published Date
2012-10-23
ISBN
1453274146 9781453274149
Ratings
Google: 5
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"This is a great book to read, both in terms of providing a narrative that is interesting (I have problems with attention) and in terms of providing fact, making sure that nothing is left omitted."
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Baron Turner
""When the white man comes in my country he leaves a trail of blood behind him..." Mahpiua Luta (Red Cloud) of the Oglala Sioux. <br/><br/>It's one thing to know white man stole the Indians' land, it's another to know exactly how it all happened. Who were the savages? I don't think it was the Indians. <br/><br/>I wish this book had a map and a timeline to help keep all the events and locations straight, but other than that, it's a meticulously researched account of how the west was "won" (through deception and outright lies, warfare and murder, forced removal, starvation, and imprisonment)."
Krista Schumacher
"Are you white like me? Do you want to hate yourself? Read this! Haha, but honestly, this is one of the most emotional books Ive gotten to experiance. The stories of all the Chief's you've learned as a kid, and more heros you didn't. Makes one's heart hurt for these honorable people. All the greed and dishonesty. The no-win stuggles they endured, and from which they eventually broke. Worth the read, but DAMN does it make the early Americans and their government look awful. "
Sean Guthrie
"Purchased. "
Liz A
"Amazing written book that details the life of the native Americans and their lost of land, power, trust and faith."
Qubilah Montgomery
"This is su h a gripping read. With outstanding facts intermixed with first person narrative, this book gives voice to a part of United States history that many overlook. The cultural and systematic destruction of the First Nations on American soil is not a past to be swept under the rug, and this book helps shed light into a disturbing narrative that is too easily forgotten."
Jesica Kula
"A must read !"
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