From Where The Sun Now Stands, A Manuscript Of The Nez Perce War

JOHN GIBBON

Publication: Friends of the Sterling C Evans Library, Texas A&M University,1988, College Station

First Edition. Stiff Printed Wrappers. 53pp. Illustrated. "This keepsake presents a heretofore unpublished talk by John Gibbon. The talk was written in the late 1880's or early 1890's. Gibbon commanded the Seventh Infantry ar Fort Shaw, Montana, and led a surprise attack against the Nez Perce that became known as the Battle of the Big Hole." "John Gibbon's speech has been reproduced page by page, from his original handwritten manuscript...The punctuation, spelling and strikeout editing have been left as written to give the flavor of the original document. As New.

Inventory Number: 51176