During this period, the United States emerged from the Civil War battered on the one hand, and yet with its military and government more powerful than they’d ever been before. First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century. 'Fusing scholarship with a capacity for writing a story of epic proportions, Brown has cut through a mass of white expansionist rhetoric to give the reader an Indian perspective of the conquest of the trans-Mississippi West for the last four decades of the nineteenth century. Dee Brown begins Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee with an overview of the major political forces in North America during the second half of the 19th century. The landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century, now on its 50th Anniversary. 'A first-rate account-strongly and ardently written.' - The New Yorker on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages.' - The Washington Post on Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 'A wrenching account of the injustices the Sioux endured from white men and the battles that ensued, based on Dee Brown's classic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.' - Kirkus Reviews xvii, 5, 487 pages : 25 cm Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. 'A powerful work, this book will serve as a discussion starter and as an educational tool.' - School Library Journal This is a must-have addition to any United States history collection serving teens.' - VOYA 'History classes and others interested in this period will welcome this offering.' - Booklist 'A cogent, heartbreaking narration.' - BCCB

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