num_pages: 487
description: A true classic of American history, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell in their won words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.
language: English
title: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
titlecomplete: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
characters: Red Cloud, Cochise, Manuelito, Little Crow, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, Ely Parker, Kicking Bird, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Ten Bears, Chief Joseph
genres: Classics, History, Politics, American History, Race, Historical, War, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Westerns
ratings_count: 89390
publisher: Henry Holt and Company