Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West [Paperback]

The landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century.

First published in 1970,Bury My Heart at Wounded Kneeis 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 Kneepermanently altered our understanding of how the American West came to be defined.

Dee Brown(1908-2002) was the author of over twenty-five books on the American West and the Civil War. HisBury My Heart at Wounded Knee, considered a classic in its field, was aNew York Timesbestseller for over a year, and has been translated into many languages.

Hampton Sidesis editor-at-large forOutsidemagazine. He is the author ofGhost Soldiers,Blood and Thunder,Hellhound On His Trail, and, most recently,In the Kingdom of Ice.

Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking . . . . Impossible to put down.
The New York Times

Shattering, appalling, compelling . . . . One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages.
The Washington Post

A first-rate accountstrongly and ardently written.
The New Yorker