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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453979203321

Autore

West Elliott <1945->

Titolo

The last Indian war [[electronic resource] ] : the Nez Perce story / / Elliott West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-99840-0

9786611998400

0-19-972273-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Collana

Pivotal moments in American history

Disciplina

973.8/3

Soggetti

Nez Percé Indians - Wars, 1877

Nez Percé Indians - History - 19th century

Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-380) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Editor's Note; Preface; Timeline; PART I; PART II; PART III; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. 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