In the Spirit of Crazy Horse - by Peter Matthiessen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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 the 1970s. 3 maps.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An "indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent (<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i>) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by</b> <b>renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning <i>The Snow Leopard</i> and the novel <i>In Paradise</i></b> <p/> 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, <i>In the Spirit of Crazy Horse </i>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Peter Matthiessen was the cofounder of the <b>Paris Review</b> and is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including <b>In the Spirit of Crazy Horse</b>, <b>Indian Country</b>, and <b>The Snow Leopard</b>, winner of the National Book Award.
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