kickerdad - , reviewed on 8/8/2020 + 115 more book reviews

Consider yourself an American patriot? "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" will tear your heart and fill your soul with anguish. The book details the organized unraveling of Indian cultures across the Western United States during the 1800's, predominantly organized and led by the U.S. government.
Dee Brown's weaving of tales and timelines is not a revisionist approach, but is significantly researched, packed with documented sources. "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" removes the white-man's romanticism we learn during our early school years and presents a bleak and raw history with only occasional glimmers of hope that makes one feel ashamed to be a white-man.
Once started it was hard to put down even though the content was not the most uplifting. Easy to read, just be prepared - as with most historical reading - to remember names, dates, and places. As this book unfolds, it paints relationships among the different Indian cultures that adds a perspective and reality to this history. [4/5]

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