Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

A true classic of American history, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s 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 the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell 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, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.

Praise

“Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking . . . Impossible to put down.”—The New York Times

“Shattering, appalling, compelling . . . One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages.”—William McPherson, The Washington Post

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

"A fascinating, painful document . . . illustrated with magnificent Indian portraits."—Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal

"This book greatly changed the view of pioneers' westward advancement. Based largely on primary source materials, this volume details how white settlers forced Indian tribes off the plains, often simply by killing them . . . An essential purchase."—Library Journal

About the Author(s)

Dee Brown

Dee Brown wrote more than twenty-five books on American history and the West. He died in December, 2002 at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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