Dee Brown

Author profile

born

in Alberta, LA, The United States

February 28, 1908

died

December 12, 2002

gender

male

website

http://www.openroadmedia.com/dee-brown

genre

History, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

influences

Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Joseph Conrad

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Dorris Alexander “Dee” Brown (1908–2002) was a celebrated author of both fiction and nonfiction, whose classic study Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is widely credited with exposing the systematic destruction of American Indian tribes to a world audience. Brown was born in Louisiana and grew up in Arkansas. He worked as a reporter and a printer before enrolling at Arkansas State Teachers College, where he met his future wife, Sally Stroud. He later earned two degrees in library science, and worked as a librarian while beginning his career as a writer. He went on to research and write more than thirty books, often centered on frontier history or overlooked moments of the Civil War. Brown continued writing until his death in 2002.

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Dee Brown's Books

Average rating: 4.17 · 26,833 ratings · 1,254 reviews · 51 distinct works · Similar authors

	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 25,858 ratings — published 1970 — 63 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creek Mary's Blood 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 1911 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American West 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1977 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1958 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fetterman Massacre 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown, Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Adapter) 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Showdown at Little Big Horn 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wondrous Times On The Frontier 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way to Bright Star 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 40 ratings — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Dee Brown

“To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself.”
― Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

tags: european-civilization, indians, nature

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“The white people were as thick and numerous and aimless as grasshoppers, moving always in a hurry but never seeming to get to whatever place it was they were going to.”
― Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.”
― Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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What would you like to read for February's Group Read? Our theme is Civil Rights.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

26 votes 22.6%

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18 votes 15.7%

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

18 votes 15.7%

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

14 votes 12.2%

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

12 votes 10.4%

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12 votes 10.4%

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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

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