Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century uses 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 battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. 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 really won - and lost.

"Shattering, appalling, compelling…one wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages." –William McPherson, The Washington Post

"Extraordinarily powerful." –Nat Hentoff

"A fascinating, painful document." –Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal "

A first-rate account—strongly and ardently written." –The New Yorker

• ISBN-13: 9780805086843
• Genre: History
• Format: Paperback
• Trim: 5.5" x 8.3"
• Page count: 512 pages
• Published by Holt Paperbacks in 2007
• Written by Dee Brown
• Foreword by Hampton Sides
• Audience: Adult