Yellow Wolf: His Own Story [Paperback]

Lucullus Virgil McWhorter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1940

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press

The Nez Perce campaign is among the most famous in the brief and bloody history of the Indian wars of the West.  Yellow Wolf was a contemporary of Chief Joseph and a leader among his own men.  His story is one that had never been told and will never be told again.  A first person account, through author L.V. McWhorter of the Nez Perce's ill-fated battle for land and freedom.

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About the Author

Lucullus Virgil McWhorter was born in 1860 ina log cabin in what is now West Virginia.  From his earliest childhood, he was interested in everything pertaining to Indians.  After moving west McWhorter took on the task of writing about the history of the native tribes of the Northwest and battling against the injustices visited upon them by the American government.  L.V. McWhorter died in 1944.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Caxton Press; Revised edition (January 1, 1940)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870043153
• ISBN-13: 978-0870043154
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson in history, May 15, 2000

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This review is from: Yellow Wolf: His Own Story (Paperback)

As a child growing up on the Camas Prairie. I was told by my Great Grandma. How her mother as a child & her parents had gone to the Fort at Mount Idaho to seek refuge from the NezPerce in 1877. Years later I was working in a small bar in the town of Whitebird, Idaho (Where the first battle occured.) One day a friend brought me this book and told me that he thought that I might be interested in reading it. That was almost 12 years ago, and I think I've read "Yellow Wolf" at least once a year sense then. Me,my husband and my 2 daughters (19 & 11) have traveled almost all of the NezPerce Trail. This book brings you into the lives of the non-treaty NezPerce on their flight for freedom. They were not a hostile people, but were forced from their homes & their way of life. You feel their pain and suffering from the begining to the end of this book. I feel it is a must read for all poeple. Another good book by L.V. McWhorter "Hear Me My Chiefs!" NezPerce legand & history

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, February 29, 2000

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P. J. Orchard (Biggleswade, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yellow Wolf: His Own Story (Paperback)

Go back in time and live, travel and fight with the Nez Perce as they seek to return to their own lands. Feel their utter despair as gradually they are chased down by the US Army murdered, and finally with so few left, forced to live the lives of captives on a reservation. This book brings home the enormity of the crime committed by the US Government of the day, not only against the Nez Perce but all of the Native Americans, it should be compulsive reading for all US schoolchildren. It is without doubt one of the most absorbing books I have read on the subject of Native Americans. Dont take my word for it, read it yourself, you will not regret it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Story, One of the best books I've ever read., February 23, 1999

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This review is from: Yellow Wolf: His Own Story (Paperback)

Amazing account of the Non-Treaty Nez Perce flight to Canada. It took around 24 YEARS to complete. Should be required reading in High School. It reads like a novel and is filled with history.