Dee Brown's 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'

So I'm a third of the way through this now. It' much more...pop history than I was
hoping for, and in addition Brown's style is somewhat flat and unengaging.
Nevertheless i'm learning much i didn't know (even if i'm slightly suspicious
of its value as balanced fact), and I'm aware the book has a large cultural importance.
Anyone want to talk about this, and their encounter with the book?

I am never using apostrophes on ilx again

So Im a third of the way through this now. Its much more...pop history than I was
hoping for, and in addition Browns style is somewhat flat and unengaging.
Nevertheless im learning much i didnt know (even if im slightly suspicious
of its value as balanced fact), and Im aware the book has a large cultural importance.
Anyone want to talk about this, and their encounter with the book?

So, yeah, this was good, and very moving and i'm sure very necessary at its moment of publication. but i would like a balanced, broder history of 'the indian wars' and the america of the time. can anyone recommend anything?

I read this a few years back and enjoyed it very much. I remember finding it a more balanced read than I was maybe expecting, in that it established the context for all these things happening and how in a way there was little realistic alternative of it all working out any differently - I had been expecting a kind of hand-wringing aren't-we-terrible sentimental tract (probably because of its pop cultural importance), but it's much more adult and dignified than that. There's no getting around the atmosphere of total, crushing defeat that permeates it all, though, so it makes for a pretty sombre if beautiful read