About this episode

This episode discusses Chief Joseph's leadership during the Nez Perce War and their challenging retreat.

In part 2, Joseph is among the leaders who guided the Nez Perce during the subsequent war and harrowing retreat across some of the roughest terrain that North America has to offer. Joining us again is Will from How the West Was F#cked! Sources: Nerburn, Kent. Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce : The Untold Story of an American Tragedy. New York, NY, Harpersanfrancicso, 2005. Sharfstein, Daniel J. Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jerry Nash, Christopher Wheadon, Zach Mech, Madi Moon

Guest: Will

Topics covered

• Nez Perce War
• Chief Joseph
• American history
• military retreat
• leadership
• Native American history

Keywords

• Chief Joseph
• Nez Perce
• war
• retreat
• history
• Will
• American tragedy
• Kent Nerburn
• Daniel J. Sharfstein

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: How the West Was F#cked, Harpersanfrancicso, W.W. Norton & Company

Books & works: Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce : The Untold Story of an American Tragedy, Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War

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