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Title: Kopet: A Documentary Narrative of Chief Joseph's Last Years by Mick Gidley ISBN: 0-8092-5556-1 Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1983 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $8.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: A great coffee table book on a real hero
Comment: I can't praise this book enough. There is so little primary source material on our Native American heroes. This book is a collection of photographs, facsimiles of archival records, and transcripts of interviews and orations. These materials are accompanied by some very insightful editorial commentary. The research that went into this work must have been momumental.

The editor of this work, Mick Gidley, prepared this book as part of his Ph.D thesis. He took up where Edmond Three-Knives Meaney, Chief Joseph's official biographer, left off. Three-Knives Meaney accompanied Joseph on many trips and spent much time with Joseph during his last years on the reservation in Colville, WA. After Joseph died in 1904, Meaney "burned out" but left a wealth of research and records. Gidley uncovered these records and put together an honest and accurate biographical picture book. The focus of the book is Joseph's last years. Joseph devoted his final 25 years to civil rights work and to the education of future generations. His orations rank with Martin Luther King's and Abraham Lincoln's. In addition to information about Joseph, the work also contains information on Joseph's contemporaries (both white and Native American) who were influential on the Nez Perce reservations.

For students of Nez Perce history or for those who are just interested in knowing more about a truly decent and spiritual man, this book is a "must read".