About this title: After eight years in the American courts, this book examines the shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indian activists which erupted on a reservation in South Dakota. The confrontation ended with the death of three men, two of them FBI officers. Eventually, four Indians were indicted on murder charges. One of them, Leonard Peltier, is still serving two consecutive life sentences. The story of these murders and of Leonard Peltier's part in them forms the central narrative of Peter Matthiessen's book. The author has no doubt that Peltier is innocent. In addition, the author reveals the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780670836178ISBN:0670836176
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140144567ISBN:0140144560
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. plastic over cover; stamps, stickers and library marks; RTB1077. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 688 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1991-05-21
ISBN-13:9780670836178ISBN:0670836176
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. This hardcover book is very clean with clean edges. Has some writing on the 2nd page. The book is tight and is in very good condition. We have a 100% refund 5 day NO HASSLE return policy if you are not satisfied. -We ship daily with USPS Delivery Confirmation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1992-01
ISBN-13:9780140144567ISBN:0140144560
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket As Issued. Paperback 1992, As if Unread, No Marks, Solid binding, Page edges starting to yellow, Light wear to cover edges, Domestic Tracking. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780140144567ISBN:0140144560
Description: Very Good. 6" X 9 1/4" 645 Pages Indexed. Maps. Half inch tear at top of spine and some minor cover edge wear and very light page edge soiling. Otherwise a tight bright book with no stamps or marks. This is a sympathetic journalistic background and story of the 1975 shoot-out between Native Americans on Reservation land and the later prosecution of Leonard Peltier. Contents in Twenty Chapters: Thieves Road, The Upside-Down Flag, To Wounded Knee, The Wounded Knee Trials, The Indian Wars AIM ... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine-Bright pages. 645 pages. NO writing or tears inside book. -Kept off the shelves for eight years by legal battles, this is the comprehensive history of the desperate Indian efforts to maintain their traditions and preserve the sacredness of the earth. Matthiessen reveals the Lakota Indians' long struggle with the U.S. Government, from Red Cloud's War and Little Big Horn to the Indian wars of ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1992-01
ISBN-13:9780140144567ISBN:0140144560
Description: Like New. This is a great book in like new condition. factory wrapped. does have a small cut on bottom of book. We provide USPS confirmation tracking and email when we ship. We want your complete satifaction. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 1991-05-21
ISBN-13:9780670836178ISBN:0670836176
Description: Very Good. First printing, complete # line. Clean, tight, no markings or remainders, no price clipping or creases, clear protective cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140144567ISBN:0140144560
Description: Penguin Books, NY, 1992. Very good softcover with some chipping on edges. ISBN-0140144560. Recounts the Lakota Sioux' struggle with the U.S. government over the years, and the events at Wounded Knee, with the shoot-out between the American Indian Movement members and the FBI. Octavo, 688 pp. read more
Edition: 4th Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140144567ISBN:0140144560
Description: Good (See Description) 8vo. Cover is bumped, scuffed & soiled with edgewear, there is a place where a sticker use to be. Pgs. are clean & tight. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780670397020ISBN:0670397024
Description: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Spine slightly slanted. Cover has edge wear with corners worn through. Dustjacket has edge wear and chipping.; Thick Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 628 pages. read more
"Learned some history and confirmed some thoughts. It was interesting to hear about the ancestors and to know the rest of the story. I got this book for Christmas at Tim and Gogi's a few years back then passed it on. Good read."
"It is sobering what our government can do to an individual. If I had read this before 9/11 I wouldn't have believed it, but now Matthiessen's premise that Leonard Peltier was not given a fair trial is all too believable."
"This is a lengthly and sobering account of the American Indian Movement in the 60's and 70's, and the continuing conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. Government. There are references to broken treaties between our government and Indian tribes, racism, and the poor conditions on Indian Reservations. The main element of the book concerns Leonard Pelteir, convicted of murdering two FBI agents on a reservation during a shoot-out between Native Americans and the FBI. Apparently, the publishing of this book was delayed by eight years due to lawsuits brought by the FBI to prevent damaging information about its conduct leading up to the incident, and during the prosecution of the case. Matthiessen was clearly sympathetic to the Indian cause, but it's not hard to understand why. The book does a good job in telling a neglected story, but it's a sad reminder of past unjustices."
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