I Will Fight No More Forever - Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War by Beal, Merrill D - 1981

New York: Ballantine Books, 1981. 398 Pages Indexed. April 1981 printing of the October 1971 First Ballantine Books Edition. Tight bright book with minor cover edge wear. Store stamp inside back cover. No other marks or stamps. Faultless interior text. Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the now stands, I will fight no more forever. With these words, on a dismal, bloodied and wind-swept prairie in 1877, Chief Joseph, warrior, protector, leader of the Nez Perce Indians, ended one of the most valiant, savage and tragic conflicts in American history. Merrill D. Beal's brilliant and moving book indelibly chronicles that war of infamy -- the last courageous struggle of a noble nation and a great man. One of the most comprehensive studies of this great Indian statesman and his people. Contents in Six Parts: From Peace to War, The Campaign in Idaho, Crossing the Bitterroot Ranges, Flight toward Canada, Seventh Cavalry Success, and Exile Decreed Applied and Abandoned. . Seventh Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.