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(0)Dee Brown
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully 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 almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth anniversary hardcover edition, Brown has contributed an incisive...
Author
Language
English
Description
Centers on three subjects: Native Americans, settlers and ranchers and their struggles for their place in the old west.
Fully illustrated, this epic narrative brings to life the American West during the exciting years from 1840 to the turn of the century. Interweaving the stories of Native Americans, ranchers, and settlers, Brown re-creates the triumphs and the tragedies of the times. Sharply drawn profiles focus on Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Billy...
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1967.
Language
English
Description
"Acccount of the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island in Colorado, one of the legendary battles of the U.S. Army on the Western frontier. A handpicked group of 48 US Army scouts was pinned down by a party of 200-1000 Cheyenne and Sioux warriors led by Roman Nose. Taking cover in a creekbed, the Army scouts fought a disciplined defense and used their new Spencer rifles to repulse a series of savage attacks until Roman Nose was killed and the Indians withdrew."--...
