Research Catalog

Title

I will tell of my war story : a pictorial account of the Nez Perce War / Scott M. Thompson.

Author

Thompson, Scott M.

Publication

Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press ; Boise : in association with the Idaho State Historical Society, c2000.

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Additional Authors

Idaho State Historical Society.

Description

x, 122 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map; 23 cm.

Summary

"Reproduces and discusses a remarkable series of drawings by an anonymous Indian artist who fought alongside Chief Joseph and later reached Canada. The drawings, in red, blue, and black pencil, include portraits of principal participants in the war, battle scenes, and views of Nez Perce camp life and celebrations during the war and after."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1877
• Nez Percé Indians > Wars, 1877
• Nez Percé Indians > Wars, 1877 > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works
• Pictorial works
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Note

• "A Samuel and Althea Stroum book"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118) and index.
• "Sources for epigraphs in captions": p. [119].

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Charles Warner's Cash Book: Its History and Preservation -- Nontreaty Life: An Overview of Traditional Nez Perce Culture -- "They Had Not Done Wrong To Be So Killed": The Nez Perce War of 1877 -- Form, Organization, and Artistic Style of the Cash Book -- "The Young Generation Behind Me, For Them I Tell the Story": The Cash Book Artist -- A Presentation of Nez Perce Ethnology and History: The Cash Book Drawings.

ISBN

0295979437 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00021609^

OCLC

43323723

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library