Chief Joseph of the Nez Percés
By: illustrated by Douglas Gorsline.
Contributors: Gorsline, Douglas W., 1913- illus.
Publisher: J. Messner
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904; Nez Percé Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Nez Percé Indians
Description: Fighting the government's efforts to force the Nez Percé Indians onto a reservation, Chief Joseph led his people on a one-thousand-mile retreat from the military troops whom he could outwit but not overpower. Only forty miles from his goal--Canada--he was forced to surrender.
Notes: Includes bibliography.