"A giant of a book. Indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent."—The Los Angeles Times Book Review. Matthiessen's chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists in 1975.
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''A giant of a book…Indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent.'' --Los Angeles Times Review
''Meticulously researched . . . A courageous document.'' --Boston Globe
''A book of enormous importance . . . You have to believe that Crazy Horse would have loved its renegade spirit and unflinching reach for the truth.'' ''A giant of a book…Indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent.'' --Los Angeles Times Review
''Meticulously researched . . . A courageous document.'' --Boston Globe
''A book of enormous importance . . . You have to believe that Crazy Horse would have loved its renegade spirit and unflinching reach for the truth.'' Milwaukee Journal ''By the time I had turned the final page, I felt angry enough . . . to want to shout from the rooftops, 'Wake up, America, before it is too damned late!' For Matthiessen, in this extraordinary, complex work, powerfully propounds several large and disturbing themes which the white majority in America will ignore at extreme peril.'' --Washington Review
''An important and angry book that belongs on the shelf containing A Century of Dishonor, Custer Died for Your Sins, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.'' --Wallace Stegner, New Republic
''Narrator Mark Bramhall can pronounce the extensive vocabulary of American Indian languages, and his voice brings to mind what modern Caucasians might imagine to be the speech patterns of eighteenth-century Native Americans trying to speak English.'' --AudioFile --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
''Meticulously researched . . . A courageous document.'' --Boston Globe
''A book of enormous importance . . . You have to believe that Crazy Horse would have loved its renegade spirit and unflinching reach for the truth.'' ''A giant of a book…Indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent.'' --Los Angeles Times Review
''Meticulously researched . . . A courageous document.'' --Boston Globe
''A book of enormous importance . . . You have to believe that Crazy Horse would have loved its renegade spirit and unflinching reach for the truth.'' Milwaukee Journal ''By the time I had turned the final page, I felt angry enough . . . to want to shout from the rooftops, 'Wake up, America, before it is too damned late!' For Matthiessen, in this extraordinary, complex work, powerfully propounds several large and disturbing themes which the white majority in America will ignore at extreme peril.'' --Washington Review
''An important and angry book that belongs on the shelf containing A Century of Dishonor, Custer Died for Your Sins, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.'' --Wallace Stegner, New Republic
''Narrator Mark Bramhall can pronounce the extensive vocabulary of American Indian languages, and his voice brings to mind what modern Caucasians might imagine to be the speech patterns of eighteenth-century Native Americans trying to speak English.'' --AudioFile --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Peter Matthiessen was the cofounder of the Paris Review and is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Indian Country, and The Snow Leopard, winner of the National Book Award.
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90 of 103 people found the following review helpful
By Angela Olive
Format:Paperback
This is a marvelously well researched book. In respsonse to some of the bad reviews I have read I have to say that yes, Matthiessen does not try to hide the fact that he sides with the Indians. Yes the book is biased in the favor of the Indians. So what. When you examine the FBI and the US Government's history of maltreatment of all minorities, especially native peoples, why should an author feel obligated to paint the establishment in a flattering light. He is simply exposing the ugly truth of the dark underbelly of our "democracy".
This is hard for some people to handle, thus the poor reviews. Ask yourself this, in the midst of phenomenal violence why does the FBI never investigate dozens of unsolved murders, instead devoting lots of man-hours to tracking down Jimmy Eagle for the theft of a pair of cowboy boots???You be the judge.
This is hard for some people to handle, thus the poor reviews. Ask yourself this, in the midst of phenomenal violence why does the FBI never investigate dozens of unsolved murders, instead devoting lots of man-hours to tracking down Jimmy Eagle for the theft of a pair of cowboy boots???You be the judge.
This is an amazing read. Thankfully, the FBI, Special Agent David Price and Governor William Janklow all lost in thier legal attempts to keep this information from us. So celebrate freedom of press and curl up with this book!!! Freedom for Leonard
77 of 90 people found the following review helpful
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This book picks up where "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" left off, and unfortunately for Indian people the story does't get any happier. This book should be required reading for every high school student, journalist, politician or law enforcement professional. It shows us that despite the fine and uplifting words of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence that support our democracy, human dignity and civil rights always need to be fought for and protected by people. Unfortunately for all of us, sometimes innocent people lose the battle, and this is a story about some of them. Please read this book, you will not be sorry you did.
47 of 60 people found the following review helpful
By D. MILLS
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This book was meticulously researched. The author reviewed thousands of pages of documents, conducted dozens of interviews and visited dozens of sites. He reviewed evidence presented by both sides: the FBI and the Indians. He considered the opinions of people on both sides.
However, it's not just a research book. The book is peppered with the author's own opinions and speculations as well as the opinions and speculations of other people interviewed. He retells the story several times through the eyes of the different witnesses. Some of the witnesses actually change their accounts more than once. In the end, the killer himself (whoever that may be) is probably the only living person who knows what really happened.
However, it's not just a research book. The book is peppered with the author's own opinions and speculations as well as the opinions and speculations of other people interviewed. He retells the story several times through the eyes of the different witnesses. Some of the witnesses actually change their accounts more than once. In the end, the killer himself (whoever that may be) is probably the only living person who knows what really happened.
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Recognize a true spirit
This book truely recognizes the true spirit of crazy horse and the way of the First nations people of these stolen lands
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Ciar
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not exactly what I thought it might have been
I was very excited to read this book because of my interest in the Peltier/FBI shootout. As it turns out, the book is really more of a detailed history of the AIM movement. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Steve hale
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A Keeper
Everyone should have a copy of this book to pass on to their children and their children's children. And required reading in school as well.
Published 5 months ago by Violet VisionsPhyllis von Miller
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Poorly Researched Propaganda
Like many of the five star reviewers of this book I greatly enjoyed the book to near the end of Book 2 where the Peltier Trial was starting. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gulf War Vet
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The Spirti of Crazy Horse
The Spirit of Crazy Horse is a chronicle of events that offers insight into the plight of the modern Native American. The struggles of the 20th century are brought into focus. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lavender
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Excellent, Non partisan Book
This book was on my reading list 10 plus years ago. I read it, loved it, and used the information in it widely. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Kermit
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IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE
THIS BOOK WAS LISTED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. IT IS IN XLNT CONDITION. DO NOT HESITATE TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY, THE BATTLES BETWEEN... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jaelene Morris
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Stupendous
Peter Matthiessen is just phenomenal anyway, but in this book he is able to tell the story of Leonard Peltier while at the same time much of the story of Native Americans at the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by David Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars
Dreary true history, difficult to digetst
If you've already read "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," or any of a number of books about the shameful treatment of native Americans by white America over the past 400 years, get... Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. D'Alessandro III
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yay!!!
My book arrived early and in pristine condition! It's was hard to find this fantastic book in my local book shops, but they had them in stock on at Amazon!
Published 18 months ago by leandra621
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- A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with some of the Indian Tribes by Helen Hunt Jackson in Front Matter, page 17, and Back Matter
- Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties: An Indian Declaration of Independence by Vine, Jr. Deloria in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Land of the Spotted Eagle by Luther Standing Bear in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux by John G. Neihardt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown in Back Matter, and Back Cover
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