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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

An Indian History of the American West

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

By: Dee Brown
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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 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.©1970 Dee Brown; Preface 2000 by Dee Brown (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas Indigenous Peoples United States Native American Wild West Old West Military American History American Indian

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"Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking....Impossible to put down." ( New York Times)
"Shattering, appalling, compelling....One wonders...who indeed were the savages." ( Washington Post)
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Anyone with an interest in American history should read or listen to this book, because without it you cannot get any real perspective on how the United States came to be.

A must read

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A book that is very difficult to get through such is the nature of the atrocities written about in these pages. A book that should be read by everyone!

A harrowing tale!

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Horrific events of American history that has largely gone untold. Devastating, moving and a must read for all.

Piercing, chilling and moving.

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A true, terrible, shameful, sad insight into the tearing down of a peaceful proud culture. This account is also indicative of the treatment of all peaceful indigenous peoples exposed to 'civilized' western white people, and the destruction of cultures and ways of life globally.

A Must Listen!

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Brings a deeper and thorough understanding of what transpired not that long ago. A common theme, through our eyes now, of how terribly Indians were treated, in their then, of what was perfectly acceptable.
Marvellously narrated and expertly written.

A must for your library

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I read this book 30 odd years ago and loved it. I thought I’d revisit it this time in audio. I’m soooo glad I did. Brilliant- even better this second time round!!

A Masterpiece

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Another auricle of how America decimated a race of people in a completely genocidal manner. Many more genecides were to follow,.

With great sadness.

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Simply a Must-Read.Take time to understand the documented mis-treatment of the Indigenous People of the Americas, a race whose contribution to our modern world is grossly misunderstood. What a profound almost tragic pleasure to listen to the accounts of American Indians attempting to negotiate with profoundly manipulative and self-interested colonial war-mongers and their ultimate reduction to prisoners in their own land ... A timely warning in these pandemic times - where the tipping point between mandated safety and innate freedom is constantly blurred. Listen to the words from an ancient race who valued the human spirit and its essential Freedom.

A Must Read

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Absolutely heartbreaking book and should be studied by everyone. incredibly well written and a very powerful story. it's a great account of history and I think it's as important then the great books like The Rape of Nanking & Gulag Archipelago. These stories and it's people should never be forgotten.

a very important book, should be studied by all

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Listening to this book made me feel ashamed of the fact I am white. However, I excuse myself, as I spent 3 years in the north of Australia and virtually ally my friends were non-white. I do not hold any prejudices and I wish with all my heart that all human kind would feel the same.

Man's inhumanity to his fellow man

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