Yellow Wolf: His Own Story

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Caxton Printers, Ltd, Caldwell, Idaho, 1983. Third Printing. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Map of the Nez Perce Campaign-1877 on endpapers. Photographs are reproduced from originals in the L. V. McWhorter Collection. Frontis: Portrait of Yellow Wolf. Over 45 b/w illustrations. Reddish-brown cloth with gilt titles, stain to top edge of text block otherwise very clean and unmarked; front cover lifts up a little from the text block at the fore edge. Tight and solid binding, sharp corners. Internals are As New. The story of the last great Indian War in America, the Nez Perce Indian War, 1877. Yellow Wolf, who survived the war, decided to narrate the hitherto unrevealed story of Indian strategy and policy in that conflict and his friend, scribe, and commentator in this task was Lucullus V. McWhorter who spent his entire life in the study of Indian history and lore. Yellow Wolf, last great Nez Perce warrior, reveals the entire history of the Nez Perce revolt against oppression, their ultimate gesture against the loss of their immemorial homeland. 9.5 6.5 inches. 324 page. Bibliography and Glossary. 1983, Caxton Printers, Ltd, Caldwell, Idaho.