Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

Oct 20, 2024 4:47 AM

Author:Dee Brown

The American West, 1860-1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre.

Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their land, lives and liberty to white settlers pushing westward. Woven into a an engrossing saga of cruelty, treachery and violence are the fascinating stories of such legendary figures as Sitting Bull, Cochise, Crazy Horse and Geronimo.

First published in 1970, Dee Brown's brutal and compelling narrative changed the way people thought about the original inhabitants of America, and focused attention on a national disgrace.

Reviews

Original, remarkable and finally heartbreaking...Impossible to put down

—— New York Times

Shattering, appalling, compelling

—— Washington Post

An essential insight into modern America

—— Daily Telegraph

Calculated to make the head pound, the heart ache and the blood boil

—— The Times

Rounding shows that ... the reality is far more interesting than any of the fictions.

—— Scotland on Sunday

For a sense of Catherine's intimate life, sexual appetites, preoccupations, ruthlessness, intellectual scope, sentimentality and dedication, this is a great piece of work.

—— FT Magazine

Rounding's respectful take is highly appropriate ... Through her eyes, we see a woman committed to Enlightenment values ... Catherine was both a highly sexual woman and an intellectual; there is nothing anyone need add to her story. It is all there.

—— Scotsman

Densely detailed and always absorbing.

—— Western Daily Press

My way through this book was punctuated by giggles and snorts of laughter, and I will be dipping into it for a long time to come

—— Independent on Sunday

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