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New York: Viking, 1991. Matthiessen's account of the second battle of Wounded Knee was withdrawn after its initial publication in 1983, censored due to lawsuits filed by FBI agents involved in the violent confrontation.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. Later Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

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.

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.

Viking Adult, 1991-05-21. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6x2x9. Signed by Other. First printing flat-signed by Russell Means on the dedication page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Minor wear to bottom of front panel. A few isolated areas of sunning are noted. Very light soiling and wear to text block edges. Text is unmarked. The dust jacket shows sunning to spine, a narrow 1" abrasion to rear panel and some chipping to flap corners, in a mylar cover. 645pp.

Octavo. Brown boards thirdbound in a black cloth backstrip with shiny copper foil lettering on the spine. Book has a nearly unnoticable bump at the front corner of the tail of the spine. Brown endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 645 pages. Dust Jacket-has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the front corner of the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of a couple of the outside corners-jacket otherwise all clean, bright, and sharp. Heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A lovely copy of one of Matthiessen's best works.