![魂归伤膝谷 - [美] 迪伊·布朗（Dee Brown）](https://static.book345.com/covers/s/9787520197717.jpg)
书籍介绍
翻开这本书之前，多数人脑海中浮现的是牛仔、拓荒与开拓现代的壮阔史诗；合上之后，剩下的却是一部被刻意遗忘的掠夺账本。作者迪伊·布朗摒弃了胜利者的叙事，转而让苏人、夏延、基奥瓦等部落以酋长与武士的口吻，亲自讲述那些被蓄意撕毁的条约、被粉饰的大屠杀，以及'杀光武士太难，干脆老幼一并清除'的冷酷算盘。它不是一部让人愉快的读物：重复的暴行与背叛不断提醒读者，'反抗'与'谈判'两种高贵的品质都救不了注定败退的族群。这本书的真正价值，在于它把美国西进运动从'文明战胜野蛮'的浪漫神话，还原为一场近乎种族灭绝的系统性剥夺——适合那些愿意直面历史原罪、追问'进步'代价的读者。
作者简介
[美]迪伊·布朗(Dee Brown)，曾长期担任伊利诺伊大学香槟分校的图书馆管理员，他发表的有关美国西部和美国内战的著作，总计有二十五部之多。已于2002年去世。 邓海平，律师，北京大学法学学士及硕士，美国佐治亚大学法学硕士（LLM）。译有《九月的十三天》《奠基者：独立战争那一代》《美国独立战争简史》。
AI导读
核心看点
- 颠覆西进神话，揭露血腥残酷真相
- 印第安人视角，还原被抹去的历史
- 从迁徙到伤膝谷大屠杀的三十年史
读者共识
- 一部令人悲伤但必须阅读的血泪史
- 深刻揭示美国对印第安人的原罪
- 打破白人中心叙事，极具震撼力
精彩摘录
- "Now, like tortured dreamers dreaming the same nightmare over again, they were fleeing again from screaming bullets."
- ".....To kill or hang all the warriors meant separating them from the old men, women, and children. This work was too slow and dangerous for cavalrymen; they found it much more efficient and safe to kill indiscriminately. They killed 103 Cheyennes, but only 11 of them were warriors."
- "Sheridan publicly congratulated Custer for "efficient and gallant services rendered." In his official report of victory over the "savage butchers" and "savage bands of cruel marauders" General Sheridan rejoiced that he had "wiped out old Black Kettle....a worn-out and worthless old cypher." He then "
- "Before the beginning of the yellow leaves moon, the floor of the canyon along the creek was a forest of tepees --Kiowa, Comanche, and Cheyenne -- all well stocked with food to last until spring. Almost two thousand horses shared the rich grass with the buffalo. Without fear, the women went about the"
- "The great leaders were gone; the mighty power of the Kiowas and Comanches was broken; the buffalo they had tried to save had vanished. It had all happened in less than ten years."
- "The last of the Sioux war chiefs now became a reservation Indian, disarmed, dismounted, with no authority over his people, a prisoner of the Army, which had never defeated him in battle."
- "As Crazy Horse walked between them, letting the soldier chief and Little Big Man lead him to wherever they were taking him, he must have tried to dream himself into the real world, to escape the darkness of the shadow world in which all was madness. They walked past a soldier with a bayoneted rifle "
- "Crazy Horse died that night, September 5, 1877, at the age of thirty-five. At dawn the next day the soldiers presented the dead chief to his father and mother. They put the body of Crazy Horse into a wooden box, fastened it to a pony-drawn travois, and carried it to Spotted Tail agency, where they m"
用户评论
副标题“美国西部印第安人史”，其实应该是“印第安人眼中的美国西部史”，尽管就出版而言略显拗口。因为本书大量使用印第安人留下的有限文献资料（口述），呈现了一部不同于所谓“文明”与“野蛮”遭遇的故事，在他们那里，美国总统是“上父”，军官是“酋长”，他们用自己的概念来理解、消化、应对美国人的现实与政治，特别是西进，却终究不敌信口开河、欺诈成性、暴虐至极的美国白人。毫不夸张地说，一部美国西进史，就是一部印第安人的血泪史，更是一部美国国内殖民主义史。本书的意义，兴许就在于让失语者发声，让事件本身自陈。
诚如作者所言“这并不是一本令人愉快的书，但历史总有方法影响当下”。
所谓“美国西拓史”，在“部分美国人”看来(如果他们还认可自己是美国人的话），是一部美洲原生文明消亡史，是万千印第安人东向抗争史。在抵御屠杀中，他们失去了土地牲畜、亲友袍泽，天神地祇，甚至于对人的基本信任。
在凛冽肃杀的南北军阵外，每一位被标记的酋长都在期待着，能于白人上帝眼前安然逃回祖地，即使遍布异族，坟茔中可堪酣睡。
可惜，上帝从未如是想！
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