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Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

1991 First Edition release of 1983 original following its protracted legal court battle. "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, in which an Indian and two federal agents were killed. Eventually, four members of AIM, the American Indian Movement, were indicted on murder charges in the deaths of the two agents.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, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book." 645 pages. Bumping to top of DJ spine and 1/8" closed tear at bottom of DJ spine, elsewise a bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy. *NOTE: Due to excessive size and weight of book significant additional shipping will be required for out-of-U.S. shipment. LF

Fine copy of Matthiessen's controversial book, reissued after distribution of first issue was suppressed until resolution of court case regarding Wounded Knee shoot-out; in Fine, unclipped dust-jacket; book was a Father's Day gift and front free-endpaper contains gift pen ink inscription by family members to Dad

New York: Viking Press, 1991. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xli, 645 pages. Light shelf wear to the dust jacket. Black remainder mark bottom text edge.

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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 ISBN: 0670836176.