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Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
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Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest Paperback - 1997

by Josephy, Alvin M., Jr

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Is there any chapter in American history more dramatic than that of the Northwest from the time of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877? Heroic - and not so heroic -characters abound: explorers, fur traders, miners, settlers, missionaries, ranchers, Indian chiefs and their tribespeople. Now, when interest in Lewis and Clark and the American Northwest has never been higher, comes the first complete and unabridged paperback edition of Alvin Josephy's masterwork.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Reprint. VERY GOOD. Gentle curve to spine from reading, light edge and corner wear to wrappers, page edges tanned and dusty. xx, 705 pp., 24 illus., 11 maps. Size: 8vo
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  • Title Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
  • Author Josephy, Alvin M., Jr
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition;
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
  • Date 1997
  • Abridged Yes
  • Features Abridged
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 290669
  • ISBN 9780395850114 / 0395850118
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 2 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 5.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Nez Perce Indians - History, Northwest, Pacific - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96054278
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.500

Summary

Is there any chapter in American history more dramatic than that of the Northwest from the time of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877? Heroic - and not so heroic -characters abound: explorers, fur traders, miners, settlers, missionaries, ranchers, Indian chiefs and their tribespeople. Now, when interest in Lewis and Clark and the American Northwest has never been higher, comes the first complete and unabridged paperback edition of Alvin Josephy's masterwork.

From the rear cover

This is the story of the so-called Inland Empire of the Northwest, that rugged and majestic region bounded east and west by the Cascades and the Rockies, from the time of the great exploration of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877. And at the center of this history - perhaps even more relevant today than at the original publication of this classic volume - is the confrontation of the Indian and non-Indian during this nation's, and this region's, formative period. Heroic characters and dramatic events abound here. Explorers, fur traders, miners, settlers, missionaries, ranchers, and above all a unique succession of Indian chiefs and their tribespeople bring into focus one of the permanently instructive chapters in the history of the American west.

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