Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived. Now repackaged with a new introduction from bestselling author Hampton Sides to coincide with a major HBO dramatic film of the book; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's classic; eloquent; meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication; it has sold over four million copies in multiple editions and has been translated into seventeen languages.Using 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 series of battles; massacres; and broken treaties that finally left them and their people demoralized and decimated. 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 won; and lost. It tells a story that should not be forgotten; and so must be retold from time to time.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Darlene HarrisA good informative read3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. indescribableBy J. JohnsonIf I liked Du Bois before; I love him after purchasing this collection of essays! I have enjoyed reading through all of them1 of 4 people found the following review helpful. readableBy M. HeissThese are published essays and columns brought together and presented topically (not chronologically) - a very readable book.I got it specifically to understand better the long-term rift between the labor movement and the NAACP. Labor has always treated blacks as useful stepping stones. DuBois (as a Socialist) understood very well that his loyalties were divided.Class solidarity is all well and good in a homogenous society; but in America the racism of the labor movement means that the white working class is united against the capitalists and ALSO against minorities. DuBois's expose' of this fundamental problem is important.Great use of language; very quotable. Well written pro-socialism propaganda is always worth savoring; and WEB DuBois writes lyrical pro-socialism propaganda. No good timeline; but the introduction is excellent.In the end; socialism is evil. DuBois doesn't quite get there; but his consternation over the talented tenth joining the bourgeoisie and leaving the working-class cause; and his APPROVAL of them for doing so; shows him trending in the direction of liberty instead of tyranny.
