D. Alexander Brown was born in Alberta, Louisiana, in 1908 and raised in Arkansas. Brown is best known for his writings on the American West with his most famous work being, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West" (1970). To date, the book has been translated into 17 languages and sold several million copies. Some of his other writings include "Pawnee, Blackfoot, and Cheyenne; History and Folklore of the Plains, from the writings of George Bird Grinnell," "Action at Beecher Island," and "Fort Phil Kearny: An American Saga." Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a comprehensive collection of well-documented stories of the annihilation of the Indian Nations in America in the 1800's. Dee Brown's thorough research on this topic includes excerpts of documents from the U.S. Congress, Senate Reports, first-hand accounts, personal correspondence and biographies. Whenever available, photos of the chiefs and other prominent Indians are also included.
             For decades, the American's view of the Indians who originally inhabited this country was based largely on what the white man's government told them and the popular media's one-sided portrayal of the "Native Americans." John Wayne movies depicting the Indians as savages who kidnapped white women and television shows like "F-troop" with their stereotyped native buffoons, failed to tell the real story of what went on between the Indians and the whites who swarmed the Plains and West in the 1800s. Bury My Heart takes the reader back in time to see what life was like for Indians by using historical points of interest at the beginning of each chapter and detailed accounts of the rising conflict between two vastly different races.
             Immigrants came to the U.S. for several reasons; some seeking religious freedom and many seeking a more prosperous way of life. One thing was certain; the U.S. was an enormous land just waiting to be settled by the millions fleeing Europ...