Dee Brown died last Dec. 12. He was 94. I just wanted everyone to know that he was an excellent author & historian. Here was his obit: 'Bury My Heart' writer Dee Brown dies at 94 Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2002 Dee Brown, who raised awareness of the historical mistreatment of American Indians in his exhaustively researched 1970 book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, died Thursday at his home in Little Rock. He was 94. Brown was a librarian by training and a historian and novelist by avocation who wrote or co-authored more than 30 books about the American West over a six-decade career. His best-selling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee told the story of how the West was won from the viewpoint of the 19th-century American Indians who witnessed the last major battle between U.S. troops and Indian nations at Wounded Knee, S.D. Brown wrote mostly non-fiction, covering topics including the building of the railroads and female settlers of the Old West. He also wrote a dozen novels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Galvanized Yankees is one of my favorites & I recommend it highly. Desoto Joe/The Record Man