Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Book Review: Pretty good book.
Summary: 5 Stars
The book appealed to me because it had historical content and had a great perspective.Book Review: Recommendation
Summary: 5 Stars
This book can depress a little bit, at times when reading the book I got frustrated about all the broken promisses, one after the other, very sad. But a very interesting read and need to know.Book Review: Required reading for anyone living in the American West
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, I don't possess the words to explain how amazing of a book this is. There is a ton of historical information in here and it's very important that everyone understands what happened to the American Indian. But this is not some dry set of historical facts, it is a very interesting and engaging read in its own right. I often struggle with reading historical accounts because they are just so dense and inaccessible, but Dee Brown's work in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is the complete opposite of that. Anyone can pick it up and read it, no matter how much you do or don't know about the history of American Indians or how interested you are generally are in history as a topic. Get this book, you will not be dissapointed.Book Review: The Shocking Truth!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I started reading this book, I was in shock to learn that my white ancestors were so inhumane and evil. Even our presidents wanted the Native Americans anhilated, wiped off the face of the earth. Every single page is full of the atrocities that white people inflicted upon them. It immediately made me think of the atrocities the Nazis inflicted on the Jews. Our ancestors were no better, and it's still happening, just not quite as inhumane.
Too bad our Native Americans don't control the lands. They know how to treat it and care for it. We're destroying it. The United States really does have a lot of reconciling to do; a lot to make right. Read this book and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Book Review: The devil is in the details
Summary: 4 Stars
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" offers a detailed and vivid telling of the Native Americans' plight at the hands of European settlers in the middle- to late-19th century. Like many historical works, this one can be challenging to read. Each of the chapters -- covering different tribes and historical events -- is thoroughly researched. Dee Brown clearly spent years researching his subject, and his diligence is evident throughout the text. It's a weighty topic, and the author pays due respect to it through his thoughtful and meticulous work.
I dove into "Bury My Heart" without much knowledge of the subject. This made the book as daunting to me as it was educational. As the chapters wind their way across decades and western states, there's a sad and sober tone of consistency in how the natives were treated. This is part of the education. Above all else, Brown is keen to emphasize that the treatment of Native Americans was in most cases calculated and pre-meditated, not the lawless behavior of rogue settlers.