New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book in the autobiography of this woman who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, grew up fatherless, was drinking at 12, raped at 15, but who joined the New American Indian movement and became a leader in the movement for Indian rights in the 70's and later. Her first book - Lakota Woman - written about those years and under the name of Mary Crow Dog - won the American Book Award. This continues her story after the ending of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children as a single mother, her fight against alcoholism and struggling to survive - while still finding humor and hope in life. Illustrated with photographs. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14369.
New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book in the autobiography of this woman who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, grew up fatherless, was drinking at 12, raped at 15, but who joined the New American Indian movement and became a leader in the movement for Indian rights in the 70's and later. Her first book - Lakota Woman - written about those years and under the name of Mary Crow Dog - won the American Book Award. This continues her story after the ending of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children as a single mother, her fight against alcoholism and struggling to survive - while still finding humor and hope in life. Illustrated with photographs. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14369.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name)
New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new…
New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. While the dust jacket refers to this book as controversial, I don't think the publisher realized how controversial it would be: as the result of lawsuits, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 628 pp. ISBN: 0 - 6 7 0 - 3 9 7 0 2 4.
New York: Penguin, (1992.). A detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. When this book was first published in 1983, it was suppressed…
New York: Penguin, (1992.). A detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. When this book was first published in 1983, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Afterword by Martin Garbus in which he discusses the attempts to censor this book by filing libel suits. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 646 pp. ISBN: 0 -14-0144560.
New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new…
New York: The Viking Press, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The true first edition of this detailed examination of the American Indian Movement and the shoot-out with the FBI near Wounded Knee in 1975, which resulted in the death of one Indian and two agents, and the incarceration of native American activist Leonard Peltier. This book also gives a history of the years of struggle between the Lakota Indians and the US government, as well as discussing the traditional Indian beliefs of the sacred inviolability of the earth, and it examines how the expansion of mining onto Indian treaty land might have affected events. Finally, Mattheiesen presents new evidence supporting Peltier's claims of innocence, arguing for a new trial. While the dust jacket refers to this book as controversial, I don't think the publisher realized how controversial it would be: as the result of lawsuits, it was suppressed and pulled from shelves and only finally reissued, in a somewhat revised form, in 1991. Three maps, notes, index. xli, 628 pp. ISBN: 0 - 6 7 0 - 3 9 7 0 2 4.
OHITIKA WOMAN.
IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.
IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.
IN THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE.
