Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, who called themselves the Nimipu, "the real people" : a poem / / by Robert Penn Warren.

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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, who called themselves the Nimipu, "the real people" : a poem / / by Robert Penn Warren.

New York : Random House, c1983.

xii, 64 p. ; 24 cm.

"An earlier version of this poem appeared in The Georgia Review"--T.p. verso.

A narrative poem based upon the heroic life of the great chief of the Nez Perce Indians, is told partly in the first person by Joseph, partly in the voice of the poet.

NMAI copy 39088011430402 is gift from the Library of Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

AIMMRC copy 39088013414164 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Dr. Paul Taylor.

Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904 -- Poetry.

Nez Percé Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Poetry.

Indians of North America -- Poetry.

Catalog Source No.:

(OCoLC)ocm08907442

0394713567 (pbk.)

9780394713564 (pbk.)

0394530381 (lim. ed.)

9780394530383 (lim. ed.)

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