Voices of Wounded Knee by William S E Coleman
In Voices of Wounded Knee, William S. E. Coleman brings together for the first time all the available sources-Lakota, military, and civilian-on the massacre of 29 December 1890. He recreates the Ghost Dance in detail and shows how it related to the events leading up to the massacre. Using accounts of participants and observers, Coleman reconstructs the massacre moment by moment. He places contradictory accounts in direct juxtaposition, allowing the reader to decide who was telling the truth.
"This is the first account in which participants have been allowed to tell the story almost entirely in their own words.. [Coleman] has welded these accounts ... into a riveting narrative that tells how the massacre emerged out of a long string of broken treaties, cultural mistrusts, governmental rivalries, and inflammatory press reports."-Library Journal. "This is one of the most informative books written about the unfortunate circumstances leading to the 1890 debacle at Wounded Knee. Twenty-five years in the making, it provides insights into the Ghost Dance phenomenon with its visions and beliefs in the Messiah's arrival."-Choice
William S. E. Coleman is a professor emeritus of theatre at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He and his wife spent nearly thirty years gathering documents from collections in the United States and abroad to create this book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803264229 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803264224 |
| Title | Voices of Wounded Knee |
| Author | William S E Coleman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2001-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 446 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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