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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
by Matthiessen, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. First Edition . Cloth-backed Paper-covered Bds. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lindroth, David [maps]. Near Fine book in About Near Fine jacket. See scans and description. New York: Viking, 1983. The true first edition, originally suppressed by the FBI and recalled by the publisher. Maps by David Lindroth. Octavo, cloth-backed paper covered boards, pictorial dust jacket, 628 pp. Bottom edgewear and creasing to jacket; book has several small spots of smudging on its page edges. Near fine in an About Near Fine jacket (see scans). This is the original 1983 version - recalled by the publisher due to an FBI lawsuit and subsequently suppressed for ten years - of Matthiessen's famous account of the events at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1975. A bit less than objective in viewpoint and rhetoric - that was the zeitgeist then, even for many historical accounts - but a seminal work of its type and a gripping, informative presentation of an actual dramatic sequence in American history. See scans. L99
Synopsis
"A giant of a book. Indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent."— The Los Angeles Times Book Review . Matthiessen's chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists in 1975.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000378
- Title
- In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Illustrator
- Lindroth, David [maps]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-backed Paper-covered Bds
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 628
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Native American, 20th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Government / Political / Societal;
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Baldwinsville, New York
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