Chief Joseph - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Vanessa Ann Gunther Klappentext This biography offers a chronological presentation of the major events in Nez Perce history and in the life of one of their greatest leaders, Joseph. 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. Readers will learn how interactions with Lewis and Clark at the beginning of the 19th century and the subsequent duplicity of white settlers and their government radically changed the Nez Perce way of life-and influenced Joseph's rise. Separating the real Chief Joseph from the myths that have grown around him, the book shows how he shepherded the Nez Perce people through the ordeals that confronted them, including the loss of their land and freedom and the persistent threats to the culture that had guided the Nez Perce for centuries.This biography offers a chronological presentation of the major events in Nez Perce history and in the life of one of their greatest leaders, Joseph. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Introduction Timeline: Events in the Life of Chief Joseph Chapter 1 The Nez Perce World before Contact Chapter 2 The Corps of Discovery Chapter 3 The Struggle for the Land Chapter 4 The Flight of the Nez Perce Chapter 5 The End of Nez Perce Independence Important People and Places in the Life of Chief Joseph Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Gunther, Vanessa Ann Gunther, Gunther Vanessa Ann
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780313379208
• ISBN: 978-0-313-37920-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Greenwood Biographies; Greenwood Biographies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Relating to Native American people, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous, Race and Ethnicity: American Indian Studies