{"product_id":"american-carnage-wounded-knee-1890-hardback-9780806144481","title":"American Carnage; Wounded Knee, 1890 (Hardback) 9780806144481","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Carnage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWounded Knee, 1890\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJerome A. Greene (Author), Thomas Powers (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806144481\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e620 pages, 48 black \u0026amp; white illustrations, 6 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 4 cm, 1.07 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJerome Greene's retelling of Wounded Knee is simply kili (awesome). Please read and understand.\"\" - Her Many Horses, Michael, Wounded Knee community member\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"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 \u003ci\u003eBlue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854 - 1856\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"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 \u003ci\u003eAfter Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to join other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot's band was headed instead to join \"\"hostile\"\" Lakotas, U.S. troops surrounded the group on Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions mounted, and on the morning of December 29, as the Lakotas prepared to give up their arms, disaster struck. Accounts vary on what triggered the violence as Indians and soldiers unleashed thunderous gunfire at each other, but the consequences were horrific: some 200 innocent Lakota men, women, and children were slaughtered. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Carnage - \u003c\/i\u003ethe first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years - explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping tale, Jerome A. Greene - renowned specialist on the Indian wars - explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates how it became a brutal massacre. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including previously unknown testimonies, Greene examines the events from both Native and non-Native perspectives, explaining the significance of treaties, white settlement, political disputes, and the Ghost Dance as influential factors in what eventually took place. He addresses controversial questions: Was the action premeditated? Was the Seventh Cavalry motivated by revenge after its humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Should soldiers have received Medals of Honor? He also recounts the futile efforts of Lakota survivors and their descendants to gain recognition for their terrible losses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpic in scope and poignant in its recounting of human suffering, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Carnage\u003c\/i\u003e presents the reality - and denial - of our nation's last frontier massacre. It will leave an indelible mark on our understanding of American history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685661405464,"sku":"9780806144481","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-carnage-wounded-knee-1890-hardback-9780806144481","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}