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Title: Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The US Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0-917298-82-9 Publisher: Montana Historical Society Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Masterpiece of History
Comment: One word adequately describes this book-Superb! I have read other accounts of the Nez Perce conflict but none with this degree of detail. For example, other authors have skimmed over some of the smaller engagements of the campaign (such as Canyon Creek) but Greene gives this as well as other episodes the full treatment they deserve. In his introduction, Greene clearly states that he mainly relied on primary source material, using secondary sources for background only. This decision clearly paid off.
Footnotes are used extensively to bring to the fore conflicting testimony as well as useful background information. All of this is augmented by excellent maps that illustrate the action. Greene avoids wasting the reader's time with moralizing sermons. He correctly portrays the military as simply trying to do the job thrust upon them by their civilian masters.
Truly, the best parts of this work are the final chapters detailing the culminating conflict at Bear Paw Mountain. At last, I feel like I am on the way towards understanding this battle. I walked away from this book with new respect and understanding for Greene, the Nez Perce and the much-maligned frontier army.
Rating: 5
Summary: Greene has done his homework
Comment: Over the years I've read a lot on the subject of the Indian Wars. However, it seems that many recent publications are just a re-hash of materials, from secondary sources, presented as a new thesis or from a new perspective. Nez Perce Summer is a notable exception. Greene has used a wealth of primary sources, many never used before, in order to turn up new information and call old notions into question.
This is not a history of the Nez Perce, it is a military history of the campaign against them. While many these days prefer their Indian wars history from an Indian perspective, they should not be deterred from reading this work. This is a history of the military campaign, not a support of it. Indeed, one cannot come away from this without being amazed at how the Nez Perce continually stumped the most experienced Indian fighters of the time.
The narrative is well-written, and Greene holds our attention as well as any fiction writer could. I highly recommend !this book to anyone--scholar or casual reader--interested in the study of the Indian Wars.
Rating: 5
Summary: Vividly drawn and engaging presented storytelling
Comment: In Nez Perce Summer 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis, research historian Jerome Green provides an informative, superbly researched, and wonderfully written account of the Nez Perce conflict with the larger white culture as represented by the U.S. Army. Green is one of those rare historians able to combine meticulous scholarship with a genuine flair for vividly drawn and engaging presented storytelling. Nez Perce Summer 1877 is ardently recommended reading for students of American frontier history in general, and Native American studies in particular.
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Title: Morning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876 by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0806135484 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Forlorn Hope by John D. McDermott ISBN: 0870044354 Publisher: Caxton Press Pub. Date: 13 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Saga of Chief Joseph by Helen Addison Howard ISBN: 0803272022 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: In Pursuit of the Nez Perces: The Nez Perce War of 1877 by O.O. Howard, Duncan McDonald, Chief Joseph, Linwood Laughy ISBN: 0945519133 Publisher: Mountain Meadow Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Yellow Wolf: His Own Story by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, Yellow ISBN: 0870043153 Publisher: Caxton Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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