Books by Dee Brown

Action at Beecher Island: A Novel

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(414 reviews)

A gripping recreation of a notoriously bloody clash between US Army scouts and American Indian warriors, by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Historian Dee Brown dramatically recounts the nine-day siege between Plains tribes and Major James William Forsyth's scouts. Based on historical sources, the novel is told from a variety of viewpoints, including that of Lieutenant Frederick... See More

Length: 209 Pages (5,059 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Year of the Century, 1876

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(55 reviews)

Dee Brown's sparkling account of a momentous year in American history In 1876, America was eager to celebrate its centenary, but questioned what might lie ahead. The American Republic had grown to four times its original population, and was in the midst of enormous changes. Industrialization was booming, and new energy sources were being used for fuel and power. People were suddenly less bound to... See More

Length: 372 Pages (6,824 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

When the Century Was Young: A Writer's Notebook

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(15 reviews)

The insightful and heartwarming memoir of one of twentieth-century America's most celebrated frontier writers Dee Brown's fascinating memoir describes a writer's evolution -- and a time when catching rides on trains or seeing the landing of a Curtiss Jenny airplane were simple and profound pleasures. Brown traces his upbringing in Arkansas in the early 1900s, and the oil boom that hit his tiny... See More

Length: 268 Pages (5,656 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Dee Brown on the Civil War: Grierson's Raid, The Bold Cavaliers, and The Galvanized Yankees

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(61 reviews)

Three true tales of Civil War combat, as recounted by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The acclaimed historian of the American West turns his attention to the country's bloody civil conflict, chronicling the exploits of extraordinary soldiers who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nation's history. Grierson's Raid: The definitive work... See More

Length: 1,194 Pages (17,207 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Wondrous Times on the Frontier: America During the 1800s

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(301 reviews)

A lively history of the nineteenth-century American West from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author: "Glorious... Do not miss a page." -- Rocky Mountain News Frontier life, Dee Brown writes, "was hard, unpleasant most of the time," and " lacking in almost all amenities or creature comforts." And yet, tall tales were the genre of the day, and humor, both light and dark, was abundant. In this... See More

Length: 423 Pages (8,364 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

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

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(7,874 reviews)

The "fascinating" #1 New York Times bestseller that awakened the world to the destruction of American Indians in the nineteenth-century West (The Wall Street Journal). First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated shockwaves with its frank and heartbreaking depiction of the systematic annihilation of American Indian tribes across the western frontier. In this nonfiction... See More

Length: 482 Pages (8,113 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Bold Cavaliers: Morgan's Second Kentucky Cavalry Raiders

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(30 reviews)

An "exciting" Civil War history of the Confederate cavalrymen, Morgan's Raiders, by the New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Kirkus Reviews). In this vibrant and thoroughly researched Civil War study, Dee Brown tells the story of Morgan's Raiders, the Kentucky cavalrymen famed and feared for their attacks on the North. In 1861, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan... See More

Length: 285 Pages (6,269 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Native American Experience: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Fetterman Massacre, and Creek Mary's Blood

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(157 reviews)

Three powerful tales from the acclaimed chronicler of the American West -- including the #1 New York Times bestseller, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Two profoundly moving, candid histories and a powerful novel illuminate important aspects of the Native American story. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: The #1 New York Times bestseller that awakened the world to the destruction of American... See More

Length: 1,431 Pages (19,561 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Galvanized Yankees

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(155 reviews)

The little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Historian Dee Brown uncovers an exciting episode in American history: During the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers opted to assist the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of POW camps. Regiments containing former Confederates were not... See More

Length: 243 Pages (6,604 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(353 reviews)

"A fascinating story" of the railways that linked America from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (The Washington Post). Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow unspools the history of the beginnings of the American railroad system. By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers in Missouri and California were separated by a vast landscape that dwarfed and isolated them... See More

Length: 305 Pages (7,164 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Cavalry Scout: A Novel

by Dee Brown

(130 reviews)

A western saga of honor amid the nineteenth-century Indian wars from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. "I wished I was back in Texas and had never left there to end up scouting in such godforsaken country for an army dressed in blue." Such are the sentiments of John Singleterry as this gripping tale begins in the snowy wilderness. Singleterry and his... See More

Length: 267 Pages (4,874 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Creek Mary's Blood: A Novel

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(726 reviews)

The New York Times-bestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through two centuries. In Creek Mary's Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove -- born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief -- and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her... See More

Length: 523 Pages (5,856 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Grierson's Raid

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(346 reviews)

The improbable Civil War raid that led to the Siege of Vicksburg, recounted by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. For two weeks in the spring of 1862, Colonel Benjamin Grierson and 1,700 Union cavalry troopers conducted a raid from Tennessee to Louisiana. It was intended to divert Confederate attention from Ulysses S. Grant's army crossing the Mississippi... See More

Length: 253 Pages (5,720 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Girl from Fort Wicked: A Novel

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(186 reviews)

A post-Civil War adventure of love, money, and determination from the bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Captain Westcott receives the news that a wagon train has been raided. Two officers have been wounded and four civilians killed -- among the dead is the woman who was traveling to the western frontier to become his wife. Authorities believe that the prize was six thousand... See More

Length: 230 Pages (5,013 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Conspiracy of Knaves: A Novel of Civil War Espionage

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(7 reviews)

Dee Brown's captivating novel based on the true story of the Chicago Conspiracy Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, turns to the Civil War for this rollicking tale of romance and intrigue. The story is based on the undercover scheme known as the Chicago Conspiracy, a plan by which Confederate agents and sympathizers in the North tried to free rebel prisoners in Chicago. Brown's... See More

Length: 508 Pages (5,076 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Fetterman Massacre: Fort Phil Kearny and the Battle of the Hundred Slain

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(711 reviews)

"One of the best studies that has been made of any sector of the Indian wars" from the #1 bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Chicago Tribune). This dark, unflinching, and fascinating book is Dee Brown's riveting account of events leading up to the Battle of the Hundred Slain -- the devastating 1866 conflict that pitted Lakota, Arapaho, and Northern Cheyenne warriors, including... See More

Length: 244 Pages (7,557 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West

by Dee Brown

(407 reviews)

A fascinating history of women on America's western frontier by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Popular culture has taught us to picture the Old West as a land of men, whether it's the lone hero on horseback or crowds of card players in a rough-and-tumble saloon. But the taming of the frontier involved plenty of women, too -- and this book tells their... See More

Length: 311 Pages (6,042 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Killdeer Mountain: A Novel

by Dee Brown (Open Road Media)

(9 reviews)

An intrepid reporter's investigation into the death of a controversial major reveals a surprising story of betrayal and redemption It is 1866, and Sam Morrison, reporter for the St. Louis Herald, is aboard a steamer bound for Fort Standish off the coast of Massachusetts, determined to solve a mystery. The fort is about to be renamed in honor of Charles Rawley, a major who recently died in a fire... See More

Length: 279 Pages (5,228 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

The Life-Significant Choice

by Dee Brown (First Edition Design Publishing)

Discover the Life-Significant Choice! The words throughout this book re-emphasizes the life-principal that it is our everyday choices, not our major choices... that shapes the outcomes in our lives. This book will help you identify the reasons you are in the position you are in today, and offer you simple, but effective solutions to help you discover your potential. The Life-Significant Choice... See More

Length: 160 Pages (448 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled

Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich

by Dee Brown (Xlibris US)

(1 review)

Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich: These compilations of poetry mirror the images and outlines urban portraits in voice. Each piece echoes an experience, occurrence, development, story, or triumph that rises from concrete gardens, throughout urban America. Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich illustrates spectrums of the black community that spells the good, the... See More

Length: 141 Pages (241 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled