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Battle of the Big Hole - The Story Of The Landmark Battle Of The 1877 Nez Perce War (Paperback)
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Battle of the Big Hole - The Story Of The Landmark Battle Of The 1877 Nez Perce War (Paperback)
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Loot Price R337
Discovery Miles 3 370
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In the quiet predawn of August 9, 1877, along the tranquil banks of
the North Fork of the Big Hole River, Chief Joseph and his refugee
band of more than seven hundred Nez occurred warriors, women, and
children were startled awake by four gunshots. Advancing stealthily
toward the camp, Colonel John G. Gibbon and his Seventh U.S.
Infantry had stumbled upon a solitary Indian rider and shot him
from his horse. Less than thirty-six hours later, between sixty and
ninety Nez Perce would be dead, as well as twenty-two soldiers, a
civilian guide, and five civilian volunteers.Describing events that
occured six weeks into the famous, five-month running battle now
known as the Nez Perce War of 1877, The Battle of the Big Hole is a
study of the heartbreaking futility of the Indian wars as well as a
look at the cultural misunderstandings that helped give rise to
those wars. From an array of original documents and first-person
accounts, noted author Aubrey L. Haines presents the only
exhaustive retelling of one of the landmark conflicts in the
history of the American West.
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