Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98346 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Synopsis
Documents and personal narratives record the experiences of Native Americans during the nineteenth century.

Customer Reviews

No emotional stone left unturned
I haven't even finished reading the book yet but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it is one of the most emotive history books I have ever read. As a student of history for many years I have rarely come across a piece of work that evokes the emotion and interest of the reader in the way this book does. A tremendous survey of the Indian frontier wars which I cannot recommend highly enough.

Heartbreaking
I first read this book at the age of 14 in 1972 and its impact has remained with me ever since. This shocking and heartrending true story of what happened to the native Americans cannot fail to move you; a story of the triumph of greed and 'progress' over the simple way of life of a noble people. It makes uncomfortable reading. You will never be able to watch a Western again without feeling a pang of shame.

A very emotive and thought provoking subject.
With a life-time of reading behind me I can say that without a shadow of doubt that this book has raised more emotion than anything I have ever passed my eyes over. The history of the native Red Indian has been portrayed so inaccuratly by Western Films that we have the image that they were all savages. This book by Dee Brown puts this lie to rest but does not stop there. This must be one of the finest written examples of mans inhumanity to his fellow man. A story of broken promises,lies and deceite and the planned destruction of North America's indigenous people is portraid in way that is hard to accept when you realise that this happened less than two hundred years ago. The film Dances With Wolves must be the nearest true film of the struggle of the Indian against the merciless tide of the 'New American's'. If you have never been moved by a piece of literature before, buy this book and I challenge you to read it and not be moved by the plight of a race driven to near extinction.