Drawing upon original documents - letters, diaries, manuscripts, and previously overlooked oral histories - author Bruce Hampton has created a richly detailed narrative history in this enthralling account, a triumph of research, passion, and fine writing. Flesh-and-blood characters emerge from both sides of the war - including Looking Glass, White Bird, and the legendary Chief Joseph, who led fewer than three hundred warriors against the world's most modern army, commanded by such famous generals as William Sherman, Philip Sheridan, Oliver Otis Howard, and Nelson Miles.