{"product_id":"nez-perce-summer-1877-the-u-s-army-and-the-nee-me-poo-crisis","title":"Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis","description":"\u003ci\u003eNez Perce Summer, 1877\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a people's epic struggle to survive spiritually, culturally, and physically in the face of unrelenting military force. Written by one of the foremost experts in frontier military history, Jerome A. Greene, and reviewed by members of the Nez Perce tribe, this definitive treatment of the Nez Perce War is the first to incorporate research from all known accounts of Nez Perce and U.S. military participants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Enhanced by sixteen detailed maps and forty-nine historic photographs, Greene's gripping narrative takes readers on a three-and-one-half month 1,700-mile journey across the wilds of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana territories. All of the skirmishes and battles of the war receive detailed treatment, which benefits from Greene's astute analysis of the strategies and decision making on both sides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between 100 and 150 of the more than 800 Nez Perce men, women, and children who began the trek were killed during the war. Almost as many died in the months following the surrender, after they were exiled to malaria-ridden northeastern Oklahoma. Army deaths numbered 113. The casualties on both sides were an extraordinary price for a war that nobody wanted but whose history has since fascinated generations of Americans. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerome A. Greene\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired research historian for the National Park Service with more than forty years of government service. He is the author of twenty-four books, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLakota and Cheyenne: Indian Views of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMorning Star Dawn: The Powder River Expedition and the Northern Cheyennes, 1876\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAlvin M. Josephy Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2005) was a leading historian of the American West and author or editor of many award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Heritage of America, Nez Perce Country\u003c\/i\u003e (Bison Books, 2007), and \u003ci\u003eRed Power: The American Indians' Fight for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, Second Edition (Nebraska, 1999).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521049235730,"sku":"9781496232663","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7fafad3-7b42-421c-a6a7-5ac0072ed2c4.jpg?v=1731097748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nez-perce-summer-1877-the-u-s-army-and-the-nee-me-poo-crisis","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}