Book Series Guide

Author guide

Dee Brown Books in Order

Dee Brown (1908–2002) was an Arkansas-born American historian, novelist, memoirist, and librarian. He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and later served as an agricultural librarian and professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Brown wrote more than twenty-five books, including co-authored illustrated histories with Martin F. Schmitt, historical novels, juvenile works, and narrative histories. His best-known book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, presents the history of nineteenth-century westward expansion from Native American perspectives.

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

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

Brown's best-known and most influential work, and a central example of his Native American history.

Wave High the Banner

Brown's first published novel and the starting point for his fiction.

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trilogy · complete

Frontier History Trilogy

Three illustrated frontier histories co-authored by Dee Brown and Martin F. Schmitt and built around historical photographs.

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  1. 1
    Fighting Indians of the West

    Book 1 · co-authored nonfiction · 1948

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  2. 2
    Trail Driving Days

    Book 2 · co-authored nonfiction · 1952

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  3. 3
    The Settlers' West

    Book 3 · co-authored nonfiction · 1955

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (23)
  1. Wave High the Banner

    novel · 1942

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  2. Grierson's Raid

    nonfiction · 1954

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  3. Yellowhorse

    novel · 1956

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  4. Cavalry Scout

    novel · 1958

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    The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West

    nonfiction · 1958

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  6. Cover of The Bold Cavaliers: Morgan's Second Kentucky Cavalry Raiders
    The Bold Cavaliers: Morgan's Second Kentucky Cavalry Raiders

    nonfiction · 1959

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  7. They Went Thataway

    novel · 1960

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  8. Fort Phil Kearny: An American Saga

    nonfiction · 1962

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  9. The Galvanized Yankees

    nonfiction · 1963

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  10. The Girl from Fort Wicked

    novel · 1964

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  11. The Year of the Century: 1876

    nonfiction · 1966

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    Action at Beecher Island

    historical novel · 1967

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

    nonfiction · 1970

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  14. Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

    nonfiction · 1972

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  15. The Westerners

    nonfiction · 1974

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    Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: Railroads in the West

    nonfiction · 1977

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  17. Cover of Creek Mary's Blood
    Creek Mary's Blood

    novel · 1980

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  18. American Spa: Hot Springs, Arkansas

    nonfiction · 1982

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    Killdeer Mountain

    novel · 1983

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  20. Cover of Conspiracy of Knaves
    Conspiracy of Knaves

    novel · 1986

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  21. Wondrous Times on the Frontier

    nonfiction · 1991

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  22. Images of the Old West

    illustrated nonfiction · 1996

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    The Way to Bright Star

    young adult novel · 1998

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Nonfiction (1)
  1. When the Century Was Young: A Writer's Notebook

    memoir · 1993

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Children's books (2)
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    Showdown at Little Big Horn

    juvenile nonfiction · 1964

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  2. Tales of the Warrior Ants

    juvenile fiction · 1973

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Other (1)
  1. Teepee Tales of the American Indians

    folktale collection · 1979

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