{"product_id":"the-savage-mind-an-american-legacy-9780316612654","title":"The Savage Mind: An American Legacy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Unlike anything I have read...this book will make a mark.\" --Percival Everett, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing exploration of American violence, interweaving memoir, history, and reportage to reveal the wound at the heart of our nation--and to offer hope that the country, and we, might be healed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of George Floyd's murder and the January 6 insurrection, as America seemed to be falling apart, David Treuer decided to hold himself and his family together the only way he knew how: he sat down to write a letter. What resulted is \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, the most personal and powerful work of his storied literary career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we understand America, ourselves, and the impulses that seem intent on destroying both? Ranging from Treuer's upbringing on the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota to the experiences of his parents, a Jewish Holocaust refugee and the first American Indigenous woman judge, \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Mind \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the terrifying essence of our nation: frontier violence, which has defined our country, our culture, and our very selves. The frontier, Treuer shows, was a site of epic, phantasmagoric bloodshed, initiated by white settlers but perpetuated by all of us. And after the geographic frontier closed in the late 19th century, it did not vanish--quite the opposite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, Treuer explains, America's frontier--and all its violent pathologies--has migrated overseas and into our hearts and minds. The atrocities in Gaza and the school shootings in the American heartland are bound together by this invisible filament--one that Treuer makes visible in\u003ci\u003e The Savage Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and which he offers hope for weaving, once and for all, into a better cloth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Treuer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.00w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316612654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Treuer\u003c\/b\u003e is Ojibwe from Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, a National Book Award finalist, a Minnesota Book Prize winner, a California Book Prize winner, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, and was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between his home on the Leech Lake Reservation and Los Angeles, where he is a professor of English at the University of Southern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David Treuer \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001638133917,"sku":"9780316612654","price":40.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_94e89800-217f-4044-92fc-026446d63076.jpg?v=1791983116","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-savage-mind-an-american-legacy-9780316612654","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}