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

by Daniel J. Sharfstein

Book Overview

After the Civil War and Reconstruction, a new struggle raged in the Northern Rockies. In the summer of 1877, General Oliver Otis Howard, a champion of African American civil rights, ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families who resisted moving onto a reservation. Standing in his way was Chief Joseph, a young leader who never stopped advocating for Native American sovereignty and equal rights. Thunder in the Mountains is the spellbinding story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393355659
• ISBN13: 9780393355659
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"