LEADER 02720nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910453979203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99840-0 010 $a9786611998400 010 $a0-19-972273-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725048 035 $a(EBL)431369 035 $a(OCoLC)654775803 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189401 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156668 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189401 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10173835 035 $a(PQKB)10073023 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431369 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431369 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288345 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL199840 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725048 100 $a20081209d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe last Indian war$b[electronic resource] $ethe Nez Perce story /$fElliott West 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (428 p.) 225 1 $aPivotal moments in American history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-976918-4 311 $a0-19-513675-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-380) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Editor's Note; Preface; Timeline; PART I; PART II; PART III; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index 330 $aThis newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of short-sighted government action and a doomed flight to freedom. To tell the story, West begins with the early history of the Nez Perce and their years of friendly relations with white settlers. In an initial treaty, the Nez Perce were promised a large part of their ancestral homeland, but the discovery of gold 410 0$aPivotal moments in American history. 606 $aNez Perce? Indians$xWars, 1877 606 $aNez Perce? Indians$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aBig Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNez Perce? Indians$xWars, 1877. 615 0$aNez Perce? Indians$xHistory 615 0$aBig Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877. 676 $a973.8/3 700 $aWest$b Elliott$f1945-$0970433 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453979203321 996 $aThe last Indian war$92205670 997 $aUNINA