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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Author
- Dee Brown
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 15 October 2009
- Run Time
- 14 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History of the Americas, Social and cultural history, Indigenous peoples, History of the Americas
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
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
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“Grover Gardner is an exceptional narrator…He carries a reading along without artifice, making for a smooth listening experience….His able, clear pronunciation of Native American names makes them seem commonplace, with no hesitation or awkwardness. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
AudioFile
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“Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking…Impossible to put down.”
New York Times
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“Shattering, appalling, compelling…One wonders…who indeed were the savages.”
Washington Post
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“Fascinating and painful.”
Wall Street Journal
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“A first-rate account—strongly and ardently written.”
New Yorker
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“The Indian wars were shown to be the dirty murders they were.”
New York Review of Books
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“Though Hollywood and penny dreadfuls portrayed Indians as red devils who launched unprovoked attacks on innocent homesteaders, Brown’s research shows that the opposite is closer to the truth…An essential purchase.”
Library Journal
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“Mind-blowing…It’s all about the history that we aren’t taught. And the whole idea of spirituality that we’re not taught either, even though it’s a huge part of who we are.”
Steve Earle, singer, songwriter, and author
User Reviews
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Not an easy listen given the endless atrocities but very well written and very well read. One I intend to reread at some point as there is so much information.
berylb 2026-08-01
Details
- Author
- Dee Brown
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Duration
- 14 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 October 2009
- ISBN
- 9781483066493
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- History of the Americas, Social and cultural history, Indigenous peoples, History of the Americas
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
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.
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