{"product_id":"9780805086843","title":"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBury My Heart at Wounded Knee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Dee Brown\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century, now on its 50th Anniversary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1970, \u003ci\u003eBury My Heart at Wounded Knee \u003c\/i\u003eis Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown introduces readers to great chiefs and warrors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes, revealing in heartwrenching detail the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that methodically stripped them of freedom. A forceful narrative still discussed today as revelatory and controversial, \u003ci\u003eBury My Heart at Wounded Knee \u003c\/i\u003epermanently altered our understanding of how the American West came to be defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking. . . . Impossible to put down.\"   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shattering, appalling, compelling. . . . One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages.\"   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A first-rate account—strongly and ardently written.\"   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780805086843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40654194376910,"sku":"9780805086843","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d5a7596c-ec4f-4028-9f39-c1f436b0b730.jpg?v=1639361374","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780805086843","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}