This powerful book was censored and kept off the shelves for eight years because of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought legal cases in publishing history.
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, in which an Indian and two federal agents were killed. Eventually, four members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), were indicted on murder charges in the deaths of the two agents. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of great complexity and profound historical resonance, brilliantly explicated by Peter Matthiessen in this controversial book.
"A giant of a book...Indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent."
About the Author
Peter Matthiessen has written eight novels, a book of short stories, and numerous acclaimed works of nonfiction. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974. In 2008, his book Shadow Country won the National Book Award for Fiction.
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