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Start giftingBury My Heart at Wounded Knee
An Indian History of the American West
Narrator
Grover Gardner
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Length
14 hours 21 minutes
Language
English
Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s classic, eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the series of battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them and their people demoralized and decimated.
A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was won—and lost. It tells a story that should not be forgotten and so must be retold from time to time.
Dorris Alexander “Dee” Brown (1908–2002), born in Alberta, Louisiana, grew up in Arkansas, where he became friends with Native Americans. He worked as a reporter in Harrison, Arkansas, before becoming a teacher and librarian. He is the author of over twenty-five books on the American West and the Civil War.
Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981. He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine. Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist. In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year."
Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks under the names Tom Parker and Alexander Adams. Among his many titles are Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge, as well as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and John Irving's The Cider House Rules. Gardner studied Theater and Art History at Rollins College and received a Master's degree in Acting from George Washington University. He lives in Oregon with his significant other and daughter.
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“Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking…Impossible to put down.”
“Shattering, appalling, compelling…One wonders…who indeed were the savages.”
“Fascinating and painful.”
“A first-rate account—strongly and ardently written.”
“The Indian wars were shown to be the dirty murders they were.”
“Grover Gardner is an exceptional narrator…He carries a reading along without artifice, making for a smooth listening experience….His able, clear pronunciation of Native American names makes them seem commonplace, with no hesitation or awkwardness. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
“Though Hollywood and penny dreadfuls portrayed Indians as red devils who launched unprovoked attacks on innocent homesteaders, Brown’s research shows that the opposite is closer to the truth…An essential purchase.”
“Mind-blowing…It’s all about the history that we aren’t taught. And the whole idea of spirituality that we’re not taught either, even though it’s a huge part of who we are.”
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