Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
First edition, first printing. Scarce advance review copy with publisher's slip and 2 page promotional document laid in. xxii, 487 pp. Bound in publisher's orange over black cloth stamped in red gilt and turquoise. Near Fine with light wear to extremities and small stain to front board. Foxing to textblock edges and rear board, the latter scarcely noticeable; a touch of soiling to rear endpapers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear, two 1/4" tears to upper edge, and slightly sunned spine panel.
The publisher's document announces that "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee documents the historical violation of the American Indian as graphically as Custer Died for Your Sins demonstrates their present suffering." The book struck a chord with a public disgusted by the Vietnam War and energized by the American Indian Movement. It became a bestseller and has never been out of print since, and is now regarded as a classic of American history.
Price: $2,500