Nez Perce Joseph An Account of his Ancestors, his Lands, his Confederates his Enemies, his Murders, his War, his Pursuit and Capture
Boston / New York: Lee and Shepard / Charles T. Dillingham, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xii, 274. Frontis. portraits with signature facsimiles, tissue guard. Illustrated with two maps, one folding out following the text. Pebbled green publisher's cloth, gilt spine titles, borders and decoration in blind, over beveled boards, floral decorated endpapers: spine darkened and chipped, corners rubbed, hinges starting, blank preliminary with small chip to corner, signed in pencil by previous owner, dated 1892. Good+. Item #12217
Brig. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard was a decorated Union officer in the Civil War who later commanded troops in the West. In his famous campaign against the Nez Perce tribe in 1877 he pursued Chief Joseph across Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. HOWES, H711; RADER, 1956; SMITH, 4700; GRAFF, 1982.
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