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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Matthiessen's account of the second battle of Wounded Knee was withdrawn after its initial publication in 1983, censored due to lawsuits filed by FBI agents involved in the violent confrontation.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 This edition was withdrawn by the publisher because of a court case arising from the arrest of Native American Leonard Peltier.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.

Viking Adult, 1991-05-21. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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.

With revisions and the afterword of Martin Garbus.

Viking Adult, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.