Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
An Indian History of the American West
Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · May 15, 2007
The landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century, now on its 50th Anniversary.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in American Indian history and 19th-century American West
- Themes
- American Indian history, th-century American West, broken treaties
- Pacing
- Reflective
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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.
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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.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in American Indian history and 19th-century American West
- Those seeking a detailed, documentary-style historical narrative
Where it sits
| 19th-Century America | 68% |
|---|---|
| Native American History | 62% |
| Civil War Era | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Native American History
- 19th-Century America
- Authors
- Dee Brown, Hampton Sides
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- May 15, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- American Indian history · th-century American West · broken treaties
- Reading lane
- Native American History