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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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.
673 printed pages
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
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Quotes

  • Natalia Silvahas quoted4 years ago
    My God and my mother live in the West, and I will not leave them. It is a tradition of my people that we must never cross the three rivers—the Grande, the San Juan, the Colorado
  • Natalia Silvahas quoted5 years ago
    Manuelito, Barboncito, Herrero Grande, Armijo, Delgadito,
  • Natalia Silvahas quoted5 years ago
    Manuelito, chief of the Navahos, painted by Julian Scott for the United States Census Bureau in 1891

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