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The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History)
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The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History)The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History)

This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of short-sighted government action and a doomed flight to freedom. To tell the story, West begins with the early history of the Nez Perce and their years of friendly relations with white settlers.
 
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The Nez Perce (The History and Culture of Native Americans)
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The Nez Perce (The History and Culture of Native Americans)

Aboriginal inhabitants in parts of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, the Nez Perce faced dramatic changes to their peaceful and secure way of life after they welcomed members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 and 1806. In the middle of the 19th century, the U.S. government pressured Nez Perce leaders to sign away a vast majority of their original 13-million-acre territory. Today, the Nez Perce manage their own government, operate local businesses. They are important contributors to Native organizations in the Northwest. Read about these dynamic people of North America, how they shaped life in the Northwest, and how their legacy continues in the 21st century.

 
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Corpse in a Gilded Cage
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Corpse in a Gilded CageCorpse in a Gilded Cage

Corpse in a Gilded Cage by Robert Barnard

Perce Spender, a working-class Londoner, is unexpectedly transformed into the twelfth Earl of Ellesmere when a distant relative dies. But he would rather be warming a bar stool in his local pub, and he's taken up residence at Chetton Hall only until arrangements can be made to sell it. Getting rid of the family estate displeases at least one of Perce's greedy offspring, however, and on the morning after a family party the new Earl is found dead.

 
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Tags: family, Perce, Corpse, Gilded, Getting, Gilded, family