Description
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years, this volume explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy. In this gripping tale, Jerome Greene explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates how it became a brutal massacre.
Trade ReviewJerome Greene's retelling of Wounded Knee is simply kili (awesome). Please read and understand."" - Her Many Horses, Michael, Wounded Knee community member
""The story of Wounded Knee has been told many times, yet never from the vantage of such a wealth of new sources. Jerome A. Greene provides the definitive last word in this masterfully told account."" - R. Eli Paul, author of
Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854 - 1856""Wounded Knee is an inordinately complex story. Jerome A. Greene's thoughtful, artful, passionately written story is destined to become its new foundational history."" - Paul L. Hedren, author of
After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country
