From their meeting with Lewis and Clark in 1805 to the death of Chief Joseph in 1904, the story of the Nez Perce Indians is epic drama. No setting could be more spectacular than the rugged, beautiful homeland of this tribe. The Nez Perce friendship with white newcomers ended in the tragically bitter Nez Perce War. The participants in the developing drama tell the story in their own words, through excerpts from diaries, letters and contemporary accounts.
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From their meeting with Lewis and Clark in 1805 to the death of Chief Joseph in 1904, the story of the Nez Perce Indians is epic drama. No setting could be more spectacular than the rugged, beautiful homeland of this tribe. The Nez Perce friendship with white newcomers ended in the tragically bitter Nez Perce War. The participants in the developing drama tell the story in their own words, through excerpts from diaries, letters and contemporary accounts.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. 316pp, quarto, hc w/jacket in mylar, tight bindin, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp titles, light corner wear jacket is colorful and complete with a sunned spine.
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Very good in good dust jacket. VG+ in Good dj, dj edgewear & short tears, all dj text present. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Product in box. 316 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 13x9x1; **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses. **Third printing. Hardbound book in very good condition, clean, sharp cornered and crisp. Very light wear evident to corners of terracotta colored boards. Full color dust jacket in mylar shows medium wear to all edges and some small chipping at spine and leading edge corners.
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Like New in Good jacket. Size: 9x1x11; Brief Gift Inscription by Previous Owner; A chip and some edgewear to dustjacket. In Chief Joseph Country: Land of the Nez Perce, author Bill Gulick lets the participants in the developing drama tell the story in their own words by excerpting diaries, letters, and statements made in contemporary accounts. Beginning with the prehistory of the Nez Perces, he relates how, after being pedestrians for eight thousand years, acquisition of the horse drastically altered their way of life. Then, in rapid succession, came firearms, American explorers, British fur traders, the Manifest Destiny struggle, missionaries, Oregon Trail emigrants, settlers, gold miners, farmers, and finally war. In selecting the many historical photographs and sketches used to illustrate the book, the author examined the holdings of some twenty institutions from coast to coast, some of which dated back to the 1850s. As he did in Snake River Country, Bill Gulick applies skills learned as a novelist and dramatist to the non-fiction field of history, using the twin tools of dramatic narrative and sound research to bring history alive to the layman reader.
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Very good condition. Very good+ condition (DJ) Book. Quarto (4to). Signed by Author(s) xvi, 316 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with one small tear at the top of the rear hinge, remaining intact and attractive. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing and one small tear and crease; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author "For my good friend Bill [name withheld] with best regards from Walla Walla August 24, 1987 [signed] Bill Gulick." The text is clean and unmarked. First edition, 2nd printing.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Hardcover. 4to. Signed First Edition, 4to with 316 pgs. Signed by author to Charles H. Older and wife on title page, "For Kitty + Chuck with best regards-Bill Gulick". Also has presentation note (not from Gulick) on half-title. Book is in Very Good condition with slight bumping/rubbing to cover edges. Interior is clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good condition with slight bumping to edges and a 1/2" tear to back. Red cloth cover; orange/white dj with black text. Charles "Chuck" Herman Older was born on Sept. 29, 1917, in Hanford, Calif. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he majored in political science. He became a pilot in the Marine Corps Reserve, but resigned his commission as a second lieutenant to join the Flying Tigers, a covert group of American pilots recruited by Col. Claire Chennault to help the Chinese fight the Japanese in China and Burma. Mr. Older was assigned to the Tigers' 3rd Pursuit Squadron, known as Hell's Angels. He was credited with downing 10¼ enemy planes, making him a double ace and the third highest scoring Flying Tiger. He then joined the Army Air Forces and shot down eight more enemy planes. He also led the first strike on Japanese forces in Shanghai, in which United States planes destroyed 72 Japanese aircraft with no American losses. After the war, Mr. Older earned a law degree from the University of Southern California and practiced law until Gov. Ronald Reagan named him to Los Angeles Superior Court in 1967. Judge Older then became the ringmaster of a 22-week trial that began on July 24, 1970, that seized the attention of the world with the trial of Charles Manson and his followers. All defendants were sentenced to death but their sentences were commuted when the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional in California in 1972. Please note: this book will not be shipped internationally if ordered through amazon; all other venues may require additional shipping costs.
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Very good plus. Quarto, 8.75 x 11.25 in., pp. xiv + [2] + 316. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Brick red boards with spear design and brown title on front and spine. Maps of "Nez Perce Country" in green on endpapers. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket has light edgewear and small quarter-inch closed tears and small chips at top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket spine is slightly faded.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Some creasing to the DJ top back cover, with a small piece missing top of spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 316 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
