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Item Details
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THE LAST INDIAN WAR
THE NEZ PERCE STORY |
| By: |
Elliott West |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199769184 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199769186 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
12 May, 2011 |
| Series: |
Pivotal Moments in American History |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of short-sighted government action and a doomed flight to freedom. To tell the story, West begins with the early history of the Nez Perce and their years of friendly relations with white settlers. In an initial treaty, the Nez Perce were promised a large part of their ancestral homeland, but the discovery of gold led to a stampede of settlement within the Nez Perce land. Numerous injustices at the hands of the US government combined with the settlers' invasion to provoke this most accommodating of tribes to war. West offers a riveting account of what came next: the harrowing flight of 800 Nez Perce, including many women, children and elderly, across 1500 miles of mountainous and difficult terrain. He gives a full reckoning of the campaigns and battles-and the unexpected turns, brilliant stratagems, and grand heroism that occurred along the way.And he brings to life the complex characters from both sides of the conflict, including cavalrymen, officers, politicians, and-at the center of it all-the Nez Perce themselves (the Nimiipuu, "true people"). |
| Illustrations: |
40 halftones |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Winner of the Westerner's International Co-Founders' Best Book |
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