In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse

Peter Matthiessen
Martin Garbus, afterword

Viking, 1993

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, 3rd Impression, 1964. Text/NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/Fine. Under mylar. Text block is near fine with small mark on tail.

This controversial book tells of the fatal 1975 shoot-out between Native Americans and the FBI on the Pine Ridge Reservation, near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which took the lives of two FBI agents. First published 1983, the book was then kept off shelves for eight years during a protracted libel case. This edition includes an afterword from Martin Garbus, the First Amendment lawyer who represented Matthiessen during the trial.