Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre

by Heather Cox Richardson

Book Overview

On December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sioux. As acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson shows in Wounded Knee, the massacre grew out of a set of political forces all too familiar to us today: fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465025110
• ISBN13: 9780465025114
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher