Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
By: John G. Neihardt , Black Elk
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The most important aspect of this book is upon the contemporary generation of young Indians who hav…
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1. Crazy Horse and Custer
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.22
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
On June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode towards the banks of the Little Big… read more
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- nonfiction
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2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By: Dee Brown
4.25
Format: 509 pages, Paperback
Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling his… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"It is too often the case,"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"We rarely know the full power of words, in print or spoken."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.' - Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse)"-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
"To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself."-Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
3. American Indian Myths and Legends
By: Richard Erdoes , Alfonso Ortiz
4.08
Format: 527 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition for ISBN: 0394740181, ISBN-13: 9780394740188. This magnificent collectio… read more
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- religion
- history
"Elderly Cheyenne warriors, weary of the misery and boredom of old age, made elaborate preparations to end their lives in battle. Yet accepting death was also an affirmation of life, for Crazy Horse a…"-Richard Erdoes, American Indian Myths and Legends
"A tremendous thunderclap was heard, the loudest there has ever been ... The sun remained hidden behind dark clouds, and there was only twilight, gray and misty. Then the earth trembled, and there cam…"-Richard Erdoes, American Indian Myths and Legends
4. Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
By: Richard Erdoes , John Fire Lame Deer
4.26
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Lame DeerStoryteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud R… read more
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- biography
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- memoir
- philosophy
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- nonfiction
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5. Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
By: None
3.87
Format: 260 pages, ebook
The epic life story of the Native American holy man who has inspired millions around the world Blac… read more
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- nonfiction
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6. Indian Boyhood
By: Charles Alexander Eastman
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more
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7. House Made of Dawn
By: N. Scott Momaday
3.45
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a stranger in his native land A young Native Americ… read more
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8. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement
By: Peter Matthiessen , None
4.00
Format: 199 pages,
In 1975, a fatal shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians resulted in the deaths of two ag… read more
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- nonfiction
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- history
9. The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
By: Joseph M. Marshall III
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
A captivating biography of the man who became a legend at the Battle of the Little Bighorn As a bri… read more
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- biography
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10. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
By: John G. Neihardt , Black Elk
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The most important aspect of this book is upon the contemporary generation of young Indians who hav… read more
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11. The Soul of the Indian
By: Charles Alexander Eastman
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Raised among the Sioux until the age of 15, Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) resolved to becom… read more
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12. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER An astonishing untold story of the American West The great Sioux warrior-s… read more
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13. Lakota Woman
By: Richard Erdoes , None
3.84
Format: 464 pages,
Mary Brave Bird grew up fatherless in a one-room cabin, without running water or electricity, on th… read more
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14. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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- biography
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"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
15. Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
By: Evan S. Connell
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapa… read more
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16. The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living
By: Joseph M. Marshall III
3.00
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
Joseph M. Marshall's thoughtful, illuminating account of how the spiritual beliefs of the Lakota pe… read more
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17. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
18. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
By: Claudia Clark
4.28
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
19. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
By: Dan Flores
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more
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"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
20. Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
By: Dayton Duncan
4.44
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today—a moving and beautifully … read more
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21. Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land
By: N. Scott Momaday
4.23
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
"Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illu… read more
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