Thunder in the mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War

Summary: "Chronicles the epic clash between General Oliver Otis Howard, who took on a mission in the Pacific Northwest to force Native Americans onto reservations, and the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph, who refused to leave his ancestral land"--

Record details

ISBN: 0393239411
ISBN: 9780393239416
ISBN: 0393239411
Physical Description: print
xvii, 613 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [509]-592) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The dreamers -- A willing exile -- New beginnings -- Quite good friends -- Winding waters -- The wilderness of American power -- Adonis in blue -- Wind blowing -- A sharp-sighted heart -- Aloft -- Split rocks -- Fait accompli -- A perfect panic -- Death in ghastly forms -- Bullets singing like bees -- Heart of the monster -- Lightning all around -- Fury -- A world of our own -- Through the veil -- Where the sun now stands -- The best Indian -- Red moon -- A glorious era -- Swing low -- Acts of remembering.