{"product_id":"american-carnage-wounded-knee-1890-9780806144481","title":"American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to join other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot's band was headed instead to join \"hostile\" Lakotas, U.S. troops surrounded the group on Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions mounted, and on the morning of December 29, as the Lakotas prepared to give up their arms, disaster struck. Accounts vary on what triggered the violence as Indians and soldiers unleashed thunderous gunfire at each other, but the consequences were horrific: some 200 innocent Lakota men, women, and children were slaughtered. \u003cem\u003eAmerican Carnage-\u003c\/em\u003ethe first comprehensive account of Wounded Knee to appear in more than fifty years-explores the complex events preceding the tragedy, the killings, and their troubled legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping tale, Jerome A. Greene-renowned specialist on the Indian wars-explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates how it became a brutal massacre. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including previously unknown testimonies, Greene examines the events from both Native and non-Native perspectives, explaining the significance of treaties, white settlement, political disputes, and the Ghost Dance as influential factors in what eventually took place. He addresses controversial questions: Was the action premeditated? Was the Seventh Cavalry motivated by revenge after its humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn? Should soldiers have received Medals of Honor? He also recounts the futile efforts of Lakota survivors and their descendants to gain recognition for their terrible losses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpic in scope and poignant in its recounting of human suffering, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Carnage\u003c\/em\u003e presents the reality-and denial-of our nation's last frontier massacre. It will leave an indelible mark on our understanding of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowers, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eThomas Powers\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Killing of Crazy Horse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreene, Jerome a.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJerome A. Greene\u003c\/strong\u003e is retired as Research Historian for the National Park Service. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eStricken Field: The Little Bighorn since 1876, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBattles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eMorning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876\u003c\/em\u003e, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328523047186,"sku":"9780806144481","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a22eb6f1-f968-4e13-9115-c0ff9df1c1ed.jpg?v=1767093437","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-carnage-wounded-knee-1890-9780806144481","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}