Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s classic, 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 great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the series of battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them and their people demoralized and decimated.

A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was won—and lost. It tells a story that should not be forgotten and so must be retold from time to time.

Critics Review

u201cGrover Gardner is an exceptional narratoru2026He carries a reading along without artifice, making for a smooth listening experienceu2026.His able, clear pronunciation of Native American names makes them seem commonplace, with no hesitation or awkwardness. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.u201d

AudioFile

“Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking…Impossible to put down.”

New York Times

“Shattering, appalling, compelling…One wonders…who indeed were the savages.”

Washington Post

“Fascinating and painful.”

Wall Street Journal

“A first-rate account—strongly and ardently written.”

New Yorker

u201cThe Indian wars were shown to be the dirty murders they were.u201d

New York Review of Books

u201cThough Hollywood and penny dreadfuls portrayed Indians as red devils who launched unprovoked attacks on innocent homesteaders, Brownu2019s research shows that the opposite is closer to the truthu2026An essential purchase.u201d

Library Journal

u201cMind-blowingu2026Itu2019s all about the history that we arenu2019t taught. And the whole idea of spirituality that weu2019re not taught either, even though itu2019s a huge part of who we are.u201d

Steve Earle, singer, songwriter, and author

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