Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Arena Books)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Dee Brown 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 2007-11
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780099526407
• 定价 128.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 512页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TheAmericanWest,1860-1890:yearsofbrokenpromises,disillusionment,warandmassacre.BeginningwiththeLongWalkoftheNavajosandendingwiththemassacreofSiouxatWoundedKnee,thisextraordinarybooktellshowtheAmericanIndianslosttheirland,livesandlibertytowhitesettlerspushingwestward.Wovenintoaanengrossingsagaofcruelty,treacheryandviolencearethefascinatingstoriesofsuchlegendaryfiguresasSittingBull,Cochise,CrazyHorseandGeronimo.Firstpublishedin1970,DeeBrown'sbrutalandcompellingnarrativechangedthewaypeoplethoughtabouttheoriginalinhabitantsofAmerica,andfocusedattentiononanationaldisgrace.

【作者简介】

DeeBrownspenttheearlypartofhislifeinthelumbercampsandoilfieldsoftheAmericanSouthWest.Heworkedasaprinter,journalistandalibrarian,andhaspublishednumerousbooks,mostlynon-fiction,dealingwiththehistoryoftheAmericanWest.ThetragedyoftheAmericanIndianshauntedhimfromboyhood,whenhefirstbecameawareoftheirfate,andBuryMyHeartatWoundedKneewasaproductofmanyyearsresearchinanattempttosettherecordstraight.DeeBrowndiedin2002,aged94.