Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy

In 1877, Chief Joseph and roughly 800 Nez Perce men, women, and children left their homeland in Oregon's Wallowa country on an 1,800-mile flight toward Canada, surrendering in Montana only miles from the border. Kent Nerburn tells the whole story, following the people past the famous surrender into years of exile in Indian Territory and their eventual return to the Northwest. Along the way he shows how the real Joseph was turned into a national legend, and how Joseph used that legend to fight for his people's return home.

• Author: Kent Nerburn
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Format: Paperback, 448 pages, with maps
• Ages: Adult
• ISBN: 9780061136085