{"product_id":"9781685892234","title":"To Save the Man","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSayles, John\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelville House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/2\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: in the vein of \u003ci\u003eKillers of the Flower Moon\u003c\/i\u003e,   one of America’s greatest storytellers sheds light on an American   tragedy:  the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the ‘cultural genocide’   experienced by the Native American children at the Carlisle Indian   Industrial School . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn September of 1890, the academic  year begins at the Carlisle School, a military-style boarding school for  Indians in Pennsylvania, founded and run by Captain Richard Henry  Pratt. Pratt considers himself a champion of Native Americans. His  motto, “To save the man, we must kill the Indian,” is severely enforced  in both classroom and dormitory: Speak only English, forget your own  language and customs, learn to be white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the young students  navigate surviving the school, they begin to hear rumors of a “ghost  dance” amongst the tribes of the west—a ceremonial dance aimed at  restoring the Native People to power, and running the invaders off their  land. As the hope and promise of the ghost dance sweeps across the  Great Plains, cynical newspapers seize upon the story to whip up panic  among local whites. The US government responds by deploying troops onto  lands that had been granted to the Indians. It is an act that seems  certain to end in slaughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs news of these developments  reaches Carlisle, each student, no matter what their tribe, must make a  choice: to follow the white man’s path, or be true to their own way of  life . . .","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46656683835647,"sku":"9781685892234","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781685892234_s600x595.jpg?v=1775592342","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781685892234","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}