Chief Joseph
Subtitle: a biography
By: Vanessa Gunther
Series: Greenwood biographies; Greenwood biographies
Publisher: Greenwood/ABC-CLIO
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780313379215
Subjects: State & Local; JUVENILE NONFICTION; Nez Percé Indians; Nez Perce ́chief; Wars, 1877; Joseph; Nez Perce ́Indians; 1840-1904; Biography & Autobiography; Juvenile literature; Science & Technology; Biography; History
Description: Chief Joseph: A Biography explores the world of the Nez Perce Indians from their entrance into the Columbia Plateau through their relations with the expanding United States. It recounts their attempt to accommodate the rapidly changing world around them, and it follows the life of Chief Joseph, one of their greatest peace leaders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-173) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The Nez Perce world before contact; title: The Corps of Discovery; title: The struggle for the land; title: The flight of the Nez Perce; title: The end of Nez Perce independence.