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Bury my heart at wounded knee paperback 1981 by dee brown author. Bury my heart at wounded knee project gutenberg self. Brown was a librarian who was writing books after his children had gone to bed when bury my heart at wounded knee was published by holt. Dee brown, 94, author who revised image of west the new. As a new us citizen, this book has been an eyeopener for me and its a book i have had on my list for years. The book expresses details of the history of american expansionism from a point of view that is critical of its effects on the native. An indian history of the american west new ed by brown, dee isbn. Bury my heart at wounded knee ebook by dee brown author. Bury my heart at wounded knee is by far browns most wellknown and popular work as well as his greatest undertaking. Interior is very good with no writing or highlighting. In this nonfiction account, dee brown focuses on the betrayals, battles, and massacres suffered by american indians between 1860 and 1890. Dee brown, who raised awareness of the historical mistreatment of native americans in his exhaustively researched 1970 book, bury my heart at wounded knee, died thursday at his home in little. An indian history of the american west brown, dee author published by owl books henry holt and company, llc.
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