Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West [1987] paperback Condition:Very Good When the 1989 coup brought

When the 1989 coup brought a hard-line Islamist regime to power

provide the raw material of history and present a panoramic view of those tumultuous days

"The sharply-observed characters and constant pricks of humour make this book seem almost as if Jane Austen had written a history of her own times

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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West [1987] paperback Condition:Very Good When the 1989 coup broughtThe American West, 1860 1890: years of broken promises, disillusionment, war and massacre. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos and ending with the massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, this extraordinary book tells how the American Indians lost their land, lives and liberty to white settlers pushing westward. Woven into a an engrossing saga of cruelty, treachery and violence are the fascinating stories of such legendary figures as Sitting Bull,