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 … 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.
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Sadly, two of the legacies of the United States are genocide and slavery. I believe the fact that the original Constitution was built around those two institutions was a fatal flaw which we are reaping the results of now.
This book tells the story of both sides and of the bad, and the good, people involved. Treaties broken, lies told, massacres; …
A must read history of western expansion and its toll on Native American tribes. If you’re wondering what the history is behind the current DAPL issue, check this out. It’s very depressing and took me awhile to get through but I’m glad I did.
This is a classic that I should have read decades ago. While an older book, some of its lessons regarding the treatment of indigenous tribes and those with no voice are timeless and timely. A very scholarly read,
Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, subtitled “An Indian History of the American West,” first published in 1971, became a classic, and has been widely translated and gone through many printings. It has been one of those books that I was familiar with for most of my life but had never read.
Until now.
And now, like so many people before me, …
Can’t believe this actually happened, but it did. Thousands killed in the name of country expansion. Lessons to be learned in every chapter.
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee should be a “must read” for every high school student. My ancestors were actually on The trail of tears, and until the systematic annihilation of people be they Native American, Jewish, Bosnian, etc. is addressed and children are taught that we are all precious in our own right these atrocities will continue.
I read this years ago. Mr. Brown earned his living writing Louis L’Amour style westerns and simply turned those narrative skills into heart-rending tales of Native Americans. It is a decent book for somebody who is new to the history of the American Indian, but as good history, not so much.
I read this book many years ago and it is still on of my all time favorites, because it tells the actual truth of the Native Americans that include Sitting Bull (on the cover), Geronimo, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph and the Trail of Tears. This book changed my mind about how they taught Manifest Destiny in class.
A sad chapter in the history of this country but one that should be taught to us all.
Puts the lie to the usual “how the West was won” narrative. US Army treatment of Native Americans comes close to genocide.
As I read this book, at a certain point, I thought, this is getting a little boring – make a pact with the Native Americans, break the pact, make a new pact, break the pact. Then I realized what an indictment that was. I read it almost 50 years ago and its impact still lingers.
This book should be a must read for all High School English and History students! So important to know the history of the American Indian people. It will break your heart!
Sad to see what the Native Americans suffered
It’s important that this book, by Dee Brown, was published at the height of the Vietnam War because it’s the story of another long tragic American military conflict with massive casualties, plagued by massacres and other atrocities, against a non-white people who wanted to run their own affairs and keep their own governments and lands. The …
An indispensable history of American genocide. Must be read by all.
Never have read such a well documented history of the US government treatment of native Americans. Truly shameful.
How could people do such terrible things to one another? I am grateful this book was written and others like it to bring truth to light. … Peace be with us that we can indeed love on another. In Jesus’ name, amen
This book is a must read for anyone interested in the true history of the native Americans. It should be an american classic.
Excellent read !
Wow, did this ever open my eyes about our treatment of native Americans during the middle of the 19 century. Just shocking.