Selling your father's bones : America's 140-year war against the Nez Perce Tribe / Brian Schofield.

Part historical narrative, part travelogue, and part environmental plea, this book recounts an astonishing journey. Joseph, chief of the peaceable Nez Perce band in Oregon's Wallowa Valley, had long sworn to uphold the dying words of his father: "This country holds your father's body. Never sell the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Schofield, Brian
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Nez Percé people > History. Nez Percé people > Government relations. Nez Percé people > Relocation. Forgotten Trail (Wash. and Idaho)
Physical Description:	356 pages ; 25 cm
Format:	Book