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

Brown, Dee

ISBN 10: 0606265864 ISBN 13: 9780606265867

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2007

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Judee Shipman is a professional writer, graphic artist, photographer, researcher, web designer, real estate investor, and self-taught physicist. Her interests include (or have included) chess, Scrabble, fashion design, interior design, fine arts, physics, psychology, treasure hunting, architecture, foreign languages, Lakota culture and Native American history, to name a few. Judee Shipman comes from New York City, and currently resides in San Francisco.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0606265864
• ISBN 13: 9780606265867
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 512