The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian [Paperback]

Ralph K. Andrist (Author), Dee Brown (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2, 1993

Published to great acclaim in 1964, Andrist's book sets the tone for much of the writing that would be done on Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s. This classic book, illustrates how Native Americans fought for lands on the edge of the ever-shrinking frontier and found themselves betrayed time and again by the ever-expanding white nation of the East.

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About the Author

Ralph K. Andrist, scholar and radio journalist, is the author of California Gold Rush, Steamboats on the Mississippi, and Andrew Jackson, Soldier and Statesman. He resides in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Scribner; 2nd Revised & enlarged edition (June 2, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0020302959
• ISBN-13: 978-0020302957
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,108,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised, December 12, 2006

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After reading the other review calling the book revisionist...I was pleasantly surprised, by this book. I would call it very evenly balanced, presenting both sides of the historical record. Very equally balanced, and also extraordinarily well written. The author was a master of story telling. His historical accounts not only present events I had never heard of, they do it in such a way that you are informed and engrossed in the historical account.
Highly recommended for study of the Sioux, early Minnesota,plus many other tribes and states. (Osage, comanche, etc)
Your obt. servant,
Doc

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book I ever Read on the Subject, May 5, 2009

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This book is far and away better than the more widely read book by Dee Brown, Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. It goes further in depth, has better pace, lacks a "sentimentality" rampant in Dee's work, and the story telling quality is unsurpassed. I couldn't put it down, I had to order another one because I wore out my first copy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holds up well, June 11, 2009

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I had this book as part of a college course in the mid 1970s and just finished re-reading it. It holds up well and will always be a relevant book. Most of my books from my college days are long gone, but I kept this one and refer to it often. In fact, that is why I am here...to purchase another copy since mine is so well worn. It is often referred to as pro-Indian, but, as a previous reviewer noted, it is very well balanced. It should be required reading for any American history student and I highly recommend it. Andrist is a gifted storyteller and prompted me to read other material about this subject. You will not be disappointed.