Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Informationen zum Autor Dee Brown Klappentext Dee Brown spent the early part of his life in the lumber camps and oil fields of the American South West. He worked as a printer, journalist and a librarian, and has published numerous books, mostly non-fiction, dealing with the history of the American West. The tragedy of the American Indians haunted him from boyhood, when he first became aware of their fate, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was a product of many years research in an attempt to set the record straight. Dee Brown died in 2002, aged 94. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Dee Brown, Brown Dee
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.12.1987
• EAN: 9780099526407
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952640-7
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Indianer (nordamerik.) : Geschichte, North America, HISTORY / Social History, Social groups, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Social groups and identities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, North America (USA and Canada), US West, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General