Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; An Indian History of the American West
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston [1970], 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [10], xi-xvii, [5], 1-487, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over orange cloth with purple decorations on the front board and spine, blue lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.95 on the jacket's front flap. With the code 0171 on the lower portion of the jacket's front flap. Jacket design by Winston Potter. Illustrated with several full-page black and white photographs, illustrated title page. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a researcher of early childhood education (Aura May Pence). A note in ink from Dee Brown states the inscription comes from the courtesy of the inscribee's friend, William P. McLure, a former professor of education and director of the Bureau of Educational Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. McLure writes below the inscription, "a reminder of our visit to Wounded Knee". Pence and McLure published a paper together on early childhood education in 1970. Brown's magnum opus, a history of Indigenous North Americans told from their perspective. As stated on the front flap, here Brown examines the decimation of Native American civilization in the western portion of the United States at the hands of white settlers "battle by battle, massacre by massacre, broken treaty by broken treaty" Near Fine / Very Good or better. Item #000016745
A few traces of edge wear and rubbing, overall a lovely copy.
Price: $2,500.00