Moon of Popping Trees (Paperback)

by Rex Alan Smith (Author)

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"As an Indian historian, I consider "Moon of Popping Trees" triumphantly superb. . . . History in its truest form and untarnished perspective."--Dallas Chief Eagle, former Director of the United Sioux Tribes


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The last significant clash of arms in the American Indian Wars took place on December 29, 1890, on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. Of the 350 Teton Sioux Indians there, two-thirds were women and children. When the smoke cleared, 84 men and 62 women and children lay dead, their bodies scattered along a stretch of more than a mile where they had been trying to flee. Of some 500 soldiers and scouts, about 30 were dead—some, probably, from their own crossfire. Wounded Knee has excited contradictory accounts and heated emotions. To answer whether it was a battle or a massacre, Rex Alan Smith goes further into the historical records and cultural traditions of the combatants than anyone has gone before. His work results in what Alvin Josephy Jr., editor of American Heritage, calls "the most definitive and unbiased" account of all, Moon of Popping Trees.

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Product Details Paperback: 219 pages Publisher: Bison Books (April 1, 1981) Language: English ISBN-10: 0803291205 ISBN-13: 978-0803291201 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #741,032 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Work on Native Americans, July 5, 1998 By  [e-mail] (New York State) - See all my reviews An unbiased, original, creative, compelling mastperpiece, Moon of Popping Trees is a brilliant and "professionally detached" work regarding Native American/European American relations prior to and including the Wounded Knee "incident." Of course, by "professionally detached" I mean amazingly separated from this often times over-emotionally approached subject in American History. Yet, what is most compelling about this absolute masterpiece, is that despite Smith's own emotional detachment, he by no means fails to draw in the emotion of the reader--a danger which "scholarly reflections" often succomb to. Smith's work is perennial, cautious, and yet fascinatingly marvelous in its ability to "suck in" the reader. A subject I often pay little attention to and have little care for...Moon of Popping trees gave me a desire to study this area of history in greater detail. 5.0 out of 5 stars Moon of Popping Trees, October 17, 2005 By  JON M MANTON (Chewelah, WA United States) - See all my reviews This book is clearly the best researched and objectively written work ever produced on the, controversial,"last battle" of the Indian Wars.		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Bison Books (April 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803291205
• ISBN-13: 978-0803291201
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #741,032 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Work on Native Americans, July 5, 1998

By	[e-mail] (New York State) - See all my reviews

An unbiased, original, creative, compelling mastperpiece, Moon of Popping Trees is a brilliant and "professionally detached" work regarding Native American/European American relations prior to and including the Wounded Knee "incident." Of course, by "professionally detached" I mean amazingly separated from this often times over-emotionally approached subject in American History.

Yet, what is most compelling about this absolute masterpiece, is that despite Smith's own emotional detachment, he by no means fails to draw in the emotion of the reader--a danger which "scholarly reflections" often succomb to. Smith's work is perennial, cautious, and yet fascinatingly marvelous in its ability to "suck in" the reader. A subject I often pay little attention to and have little care for...Moon of Popping trees gave me a desire to study this area of history in greater detail.

5.0 out of 5 stars Moon of Popping Trees, October 17, 2005

By	JON M MANTON (Chewelah, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This book is clearly the best researched and objectively written work ever produced on the, controversial,"last battle" of the Indian Wars.