Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
- ISBN-10
- 0805027009
- ISBN-13
- 9780805027006
- Series
- Wounded Knee
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-11-15
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Authors
- Amy Ehrlich, Dee Brown
Description
Traces the white man's conquest of the Indians of the American West, emphasizing the causes, events, and effects of the major Indian Wars leading to the symbolic end of Indian freedom at Wounded Knee.
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