first edition
2000 · Helena
by Greene, Jerome A.
Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 2000. First Edition. Fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. With a forward by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. The author examines the "three and 1/2 month, 1,700 mile journey across the wilds of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana territories" with all of the battles fought between the U. S. Army in pursuit of the Nex Perce in their desperate bid to escape to Canada. 554 pages including an extensive index, bibliography, chapter notes, lists of U.S. Army Casualties and Nez Perce Casualties during the War, text and illustrated with maps, sketches of specific sites and contemporary black and white photographs. (Inventory #: TB19942)