Synopsis
Richardson tells a dramatically new story about the Wounded Knee massacre, revealing that its origins lay not in the West but in the corridors of political power back East. Politicians in Washington, Democrat and Republican alike, sought to set the stage for mass murder by exploiting an age-old political tool—fear.
Assiduously researched and beautifully written, Wounded Knee will be the definitive account of an epochal American tragedy.
About Heather Cox Richardson
See more books from this AuthorRichardson (History/Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst; West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America after the Civil War, 2007, etc.) argues that the Wounded Knee massacre was a direct result of Gilded Age political expediency.
Jan 26 2011 | Read Full Review of Wounded Knee: Party Politics ...The massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, occurred on this day in 1890.
Dec 29 2011 | Read Full Review of Wounded Knee: Party Politics ...by mollyd on Tue Aug 10, 2010 at 09:49:20 AM PDT.
Aug 10 2010 | Read Full Review of Wounded Knee: Party Politics ...The killing of Sitting Bull, the political and spiritual leader of the Indian alliance that routed Custer at Little Bighorn, was an important part of the prelude to Wounded Knee.
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