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

460 sayfa. 10.5x18 cm
PRINTING HISTORY
Copyright © 1970 by Dee Brown.
Holt, Rinehart edition 2nd printing .. February 1971
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13th printing ... October 1971
Bantam edition / April 1972 25 printings through April 1978
26th printing


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 i

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