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New York. 1991. Viking Press. 1st Printing of This New Edition With A New Epilogue By The Author. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670836176. 645 pages. hardcover. keywords: American Indian Politics. FROM THE PUBLISHER-On a hot June morning in 1975, a fatal shoot-out took place between FBI agents and American Indians on a remote property near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges for the deaths of two federal agents killed that day. Leonard Peltier, the only one to be convicted, is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance. In this controversial book, Peter Matthiessen brilliantly explicates the larger issues behind the shoot-out, including the Lakota Indians' historical struggle with the U.S. government, from Red Cloud's war and Little Big Horn in the nineteenth century to the shameful discrimination that led to the new Indian wars of 1970s. inventory #15404.

DJ and boards show light shelf wear with short tears and light chipping, DJ spine lightly faded. Price-clipped.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 645 pages; A legal case kept this book from being released for 8 years. "On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, left an Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges, and one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book. Kept off the shelves for eight years because of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought legal cases in publishing history, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse reveals the Lakota tribe's long struggle with the U.S. government, and makes clear why the traditional Indian concept of the earth is so important at a time when increasing populations are destroying the precious resources of our world." Leonard Peltier remains in prison after all these years.

With revisions, and the afterword by Martin Garbus.

Remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. Large, sturdy, very thick book, black spine, rose boards, embossed intials at top front right, very bright bronze lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 645 pages including maps in early pages. DJ pricec-clipped, glossy with color photo of sunrise and mountains on front, spine and back in shades of purple and orange. DJ has light crease at bottom front edge and light scratch too, micronick at spine top right edge, light wear at top back edge, praise on black back from Nick Katz in Washington Post, Dee Brown in Chicago Sun-Times, Wallace Stegner in The New Republic. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Stated first edition & first printing of this edition with an afterword by Martin Garbus, book first published in 1983. Light wear to edges; interior clean and fresh.

New York, NY: Viking, 1991. First Edition, 3rd Impression, 1964 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF; under mylar. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Documentary of the 1975 shoot-out between Native-Americans & the FBI on the Pine Ridge Reservation, near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which took the lives of 2 FBI agents. First published 1983, due to legal challenges, the book was suspended until 1991. This edition carries an Epilogue recounting the legal issues & an Afterword from Martin Garbus. Author, novelist & environmental activist Peter Matthiessen (1927 - ), twice recipient of the Nat'l Book Award & long interested in Native American issues, finds faults in the court conclusions. Excerpts of this detailed study of convicted murderer Leonard Peltier (1944 -) of Lakota & Dakota lineage, first appeared in the New York Times. 625 pgs, 20 chapters in 3 Books.

Afterword by Martin Garbus. Large, thick, sturdy book, black cloth spine, dark rose boards, very bright bronze lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 645 pages with maps in early pages. DJ glossy a color photograph of sunrise in shades of pink, blue and black hills on front, spine and back. black at center back with praise from Carolyn See, Dee Brown, Wallace Stegner and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Matthiessen's account of the second battle of Wounded Knee was withdrawn after its initial publication in 1983, censored due to lawsuits filed by FBI agents involved in the violent confrontation. This is a Fine copy of the 5th Printing of what must be regarded as the Second Edition, with new material by Mattiessen. Large octavo; 645 pages, indexed. Mauve paper-covered boards with black cloth spine; copper-colored titles on the spine. Dustjacket is unclipped, also Fine. In a plastic protector. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.

New York: Viking. 1991. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0670836176 . Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Author's "Acclaimed controversial account of the deadly conflict that occurred between the FBI and Native American activists at Wounded Knee in 1975. This edition was withdrawn by the publisher because of a court case arising from the arrest of Native American Leonard Peltier. "; 9.40 X 6.60 X 2.20 inches; 645 pages .

Viking Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 3rd printing. Signed twice by the author, on the half-title and the title page. Remainder mark on the bottom edge. Dust jacket has light edgewear.