Title Thunder in the mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War / Daniel J. Sharfstein.

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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017]

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xvii, 613 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [509]-592) and index.
Contents	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.
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"-- NoveList.
Subject	Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
	Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904.
	HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
Subject	Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909.
	Indian Wars (Nez Percé : 1877) (OCoLC)fst01696698
	Nez Percé Indians. (OCoLC)fst01037222
	Race relations -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01086519
	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
	United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History.
	HISTORY / Native American.
	Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904. (OCoLC)fst00050020
	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
	Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909. (OCoLC)fst00050299
	Indians of North America -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00969673
	Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Indians of North America -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
	Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Chronological Term	1800-1899
ISBN	9780393239416 (hardcover)
	0393239411 (hardcover)

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