The
American West
by Dee Brown
Touchstone Books
Celebrating
A Complicated History
January 28, 2000
Bestselling historian Dee Brown (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) chronicles
an easily misunderstood era with sympathetic essays on prominent Indian
leaders, cowboys, miners, and settlers. The turbulent transistion
from buffalo and red men to cattle and white men becames more understandable
in 29 brief chapters focusing on the pivotal events, fascinating individuals,
and social forces. Vivid profiles include Sitting Bull, Billy the
Kid, Cochise, Crazy Horse, Wyatt Earp, Captian Jack, and Chief Joseph.
"Let us be wise enough to learn true history so that we can recognize
a myth when we see one," writes Brown.
