Let Me be Free The Nez Perce Tragedy
by Lavender, David
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060167076
- ISBN 13
- 9780060167073
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. Hardcover in dust-jacket. Stated first edition, first printing with number line intact. No price on dust-jacket flap, however ISBN present and no indent on rear cover. Presumed History Book Club issue. 403pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated. Map Endpapers. No name, no book-plate, etc. The moving narrative history of the relations between the white man and the Nez Perce from their earliest contacts following the Lewis and Clark expedition to their tragic denouement. An as new copy in a very fine dust-jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Let Me Be Free tells the dramatic, heartbreaking story of the desperate attempt of Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce Indians of Idaho to elude annihilation by strong forces of U. S. Cavalry and civilian volunteers and escape to Canada--one of the tragic epics in the long saga of our mistreatment of Native Americans.
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Details
- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003764
- Title
- Let Me be Free The Nez Perce Tragedy
- Author
- Lavender, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0060167076
- ISBN 13
- 9780060167073
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Western History, American West, American Indians, History, Non-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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