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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by Brown, Dee
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1970. First edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dee Brown on the front free endpaper with a small drawing of a teepee, inscribed to former owners. xxii, 487 pp. Bound in publisher's orange boards with black cloth backstrip, spine lettered in blue, ruled in metallic crimson. Near Fine with former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper underneath signature, his name written on rear endpaper as well; sunned spine., a few tiny stains to top edge. In price-clipped dust jacket, spine sunned, lightly worn.
A history of Native Americans and the American West that struck a chord with readers as the American Indian Movement was surging at the time of publication. It became a bestseller and has never been out of print since. Rare as a first printing (later printings are quite common, though), and especially so signed.
Synopsis
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by American writer Dee Brown is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century, and their displacement and slaughter by the United States federal government. It was first published in 1970. The title is taken from the final phrase of a 20th-century poem titled "American Names" by Stephen Vincent Benet, although the poem was not actually about the Indian Wars.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943829
- Title
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
- Author
- Brown, Dee
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Holt Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- American Indian, Native American, Americans, West, wars, genocide, tribe, tribes, signed, history
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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