Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy

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Author: Kent Nerburn
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Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
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Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce is far more than the story of a man and a people. The story has been told many times, but never before in its entirety or with such narrative richness. Drawing on four years of research, interviews, and 20,000 miles of travel, Nerburn takes us beyond the surrender to the captives' unlikely welcome in Bismarck, North Dakota, their tragic eight-year exile in Indian Territory, and their ultimate return to the Northwest. Nerburn reveals the true, complex character of Joseph, showing how the man was transformed into a myth by a public hungry for an image of the noble Indian and how Joseph exploited the myth in order to achieve his single goal of returning his people to their homeland. Once you have read this groundbreaking work, you will never look at Chief Joseph, the American Indian, or our nation's westward journey in the same way again.
Features: Paperback. 2006. 448 pp. 5.31 x 1.01 x 8 in.