An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

12 Days: The Murder of Thomas Becket and the Wounded Knee Massacre

December 29, 2021

Description

Tom takes us through the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, while Dominic looks at one of the United States' most tragic massacres: the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee. *The Rest...
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Books Referenced

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Author: Dee Brown

Context:

Referenced as 'D. Brown's famous revisionist work on Native Americans in the West' when discussing the Wounded Knee massacre. Later mentioned again as a book that 'had such an impact' on changing perceptions of Native American history.