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"Jerome Greene’s retelling of Wounded Knee is simply kili (awesome). Please read and understand."""" - Her Many Horses, Michael, Wounded Knee community member """"The story of Wounded Knee has been told many times, yet never from the vantage of such a wealth of new sources. Jerome A. Greene provides the definitive last word in this masterfully told account."""" - R. Eli Paul, author of Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 """"Wounded Knee is an inordinately complex story. Jerome A. Greene’s thoughtful, artful, passionately written story is destined to become its new foundational history."""" - Paul L. Hedren, author of After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country """"Jerome Greene is uniquely qualified to take on this controversial topic. His long record of publication demonstrates the highest standards of scholarship and guarantees the solidity of his treatment of Wounded Knee."""" - ROBERT M . U T L E Y author of Sitting Bull: The Life and Times of an American Patriot """"American Carnage is an important addition to the body of work on Wounded Knee. Greene’s hefty volume furnishes a comprehensive discussion of the U.S. Army’s most infamous massacre of indigenous people."""" - Western Historical Quarterly """"Much has been written about the confrontation at Wounded Knee, but with its meticulous research, evenhanded coverage, and masterful prose, Greene’s book ranks among the best and most complete accounts of this American tragedy."""" - Choice """"American Carnage is an excellent book on a complex and controversial subject. Thoroughly researched and incisively written, it is as balanced as any work on the Wounded Knee tragedy can possibly be."""" - Army History"

American Carnage is an excellent book on a complex and controversial subject. Thoroughly researched and incisively written, it is as balanced as any work on the Wounded Knee tragedy can possibly be. --Army History American Carnage is an important addition to the body of work on Wounded Knee. Greene's hefty volume furnishes a comprehensive discussion of the U.S. Army's most infamous massacre of indigenous people. --Western Historical Quarterly Jerome Greene is uniquely qualified to take on this controversial topic. His long record of publication demonstrates the highest standards of scholarship and guarantees the solidity of his treatment of Wounded Knee. --ROBERT M . U T L E Y, author of Sitting Bull: The Life and Times of an American Patriot Jerome Greene's retelling of Wounded Knee is simply kili (awesome). Please read and understand. --Her Many Horses, Michael, Wounded Knee community member Much has been written about the confrontation at Wounded Knee, but with its meticulous research, evenhanded coverage, and masterful prose, Greene's book ranks among the best and most complete accounts of this American tragedy. --Choice The story of Wounded Knee has been told many times, yet never from the vantage of such a wealth of new sources. Jerome A. Greene provides the definitive last word in this masterfully told account. --R. Eli Paul, author of Blue Water Creek and the First Sioux War, 1854-1856 Wounded Knee is an inordinately complex story. Jerome A. Greene's thoughtful, artful, passionately written story is destined to become its new foundational history. --Paul L. Hedren, author of After Custer: Loss and Transformation in Sioux Country

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Jerome A. Greene is retired as Research Historian for the National Park Service. He is the author of numerous books, including Stricken Field: The Little Bighorn since 1876, Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View; Lakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877; and Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876, all published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Thomas Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His most recent book is The Killing of Crazy Horse.

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