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A review by improbablebanana
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
5.0
The heartbreaking story that is American history as told through the eyes of Native Americans.
A number of reviews comment on the bias of the book. Dee Brown, in the foreword, says the story is being told by the natives. But bias doesn't make it a bad history book. All history books have some bias built in. If not, they'd be a list of names and dates.
The greatest thing about the book is the direct quotes from the Native Americans. We don't often see that. I loved reading the quotes. And then to see individuals e and the US government cheat, lie and kill to get land is painful.
Each chapter advances history a bit and gives a summary of what was going on in the world at the same time. Each chapter also tries either complete a leader's story or complete a tribe's story. They just about all end the same.
I would encourage people to read the book with an open mind and understand it is biased but that doesn't mean it can be dismissed. The events, so far as I know, are all real. Whether or not one massacre was in retaliation for another massacre doesn't matter. Wrong is wrong.
A number of reviews comment on the bias of the book. Dee Brown, in the foreword, says the story is being told by the natives. But bias doesn't make it a bad history book. All history books have some bias built in. If not, they'd be a list of names and dates.
The greatest thing about the book is the direct quotes from the Native Americans. We don't often see that. I loved reading the quotes. And then to see individuals e and the US government cheat, lie and kill to get land is painful.
Each chapter advances history a bit and gives a summary of what was going on in the world at the same time. Each chapter also tries either complete a leader's story or complete a tribe's story. They just about all end the same.
I would encourage people to read the book with an open mind and understand it is biased but that doesn't mean it can be dismissed. The events, so far as I know, are all real. Whether or not one massacre was in retaliation for another massacre doesn't matter. Wrong is wrong.