The Resource Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War, Daniel J. Sharfstein
Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War, Daniel J. Sharfstein
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- Summary
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- "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"--
- "Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most crucial task: helping millions of former slaves claim the rights of citizens. He was energized by the belief that abolition and Reconstruction, the country's great struggles for liberty and equality, were God's plan for himself and the nation. To honor his righteous commitment to a new American freedom, Howard University was named for him. But as the nation's politics curdled in the 1870s, General Howard exiled himself from Washington, D.C., rejoined the army, and was sent across the continent to command forces in the Pacific Northwest. Shattered by Reconstruction's collapse, he assumed a new mission: forcing Native Americans to become Christian farmers on government reservations. Howard's plans for redemption in the West ran headlong into the resistance of Chief Joseph, a young Nez Perce leader in northeastern Oregon who refused to leave his ancestral land. Claiming equal rights for Native Americans, Joseph was determined to find his way to the center of American power and convince the government to acknowledge his people's humanity and capacity for citizenship. Although his words echoed the very ideas about liberty and equality that Howard had championed during Reconstruction, in the summer of 1877 the general and his troops ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families through the stark and unforgiving Northern Rockies. An odyssey and a tragedy, their devastating war transfixed the nation and immortalized Chief Joseph as a hero to generations of Americans. Re-creating the Nez Perce War through the voices of its survivors, Daniel J. Sharfstein's visionary history of the West casts Howard's turn away from civil rights alongside the nation's rejection of racial equality and embrace of empire. The conflict becomes a pivotal struggle over who gets to claim the American dream: a battle of ideas about the meaning of freedom and equality, the mechanics of American power, and the limits of what the government can and should do for its people. The war that Howard and Joseph fought is one that Americans continue to fight today."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 613 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780393239416
- Label
- Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
- Title
- Thunder in the Mountains
- Title remainder
- Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel J. Sharfstein
- Subject
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- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- History
- Howard, O. O., (Oliver Otis), 1830-1905
- Howard, O. O., (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
- Indian Wars (Nez Percé : 1877)
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights | History -- 19th century
- Joseph, (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904
- 1800-1899
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904
- Nez Perce Indians -- Wars, 1877
- Nez Percé Indians
- Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877
- Political culture
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Race relations -- Political aspects
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | Political aspects | History
- Joseph, Nez Perce Chief, 1840-1904
- HISTORY / Native American
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- "Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most crucial task: helping millions of former slaves claim the rights of citizens. He was energized by the belief that abolition and Reconstruction, the country's great struggles for liberty and equality, were God's plan for himself and the nation. To honor his righteous commitment to a new American freedom, Howard University was named for him. But as the nation's politics curdled in the 1870s, General Howard exiled himself from Washington, D.C., rejoined the army, and was sent across the continent to command forces in the Pacific Northwest. Shattered by Reconstruction's collapse, he assumed a new mission: forcing Native Americans to become Christian farmers on government reservations. Howard's plans for redemption in the West ran headlong into the resistance of Chief Joseph, a young Nez Perce leader in northeastern Oregon who refused to leave his ancestral land. Claiming equal rights for Native Americans, Joseph was determined to find his way to the center of American power and convince the government to acknowledge his people's humanity and capacity for citizenship. Although his words echoed the very ideas about liberty and equality that Howard had championed during Reconstruction, in the summer of 1877 the general and his troops ruthlessly pursued hundreds of Nez Perce families through the stark and unforgiving Northern Rockies. An odyssey and a tragedy, their devastating war transfixed the nation and immortalized Chief Joseph as a hero to generations of Americans. Re-creating the Nez Perce War through the voices of its survivors, Daniel J. Sharfstein's visionary history of the West casts Howard's turn away from civil rights alongside the nation's rejection of racial equality and embrace of empire. The conflict becomes a pivotal struggle over who gets to claim the American dream: a battle of ideas about the meaning of freedom and equality, the mechanics of American power, and the limits of what the government can and should do for its people. The war that Howard and Joseph fought is one that Americans continue to fight today."--Jacket
- Assigning source
- NoveList
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sharfstein, Daniel J
- Dewey number
- 979.5004/974124
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E83.877
- LC item number
- .S49 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Howard, O. O.
- Joseph
- Howard, O. O.
- Joseph
- Indian Wars (Nez Percé : 1877)
- Joseph
- Nez Percé Indians
- United States
- Indians of North America
- Political culture
- Indians of North America
- Nez Percé Indians
- Political culture
- Race relations
- United States
- Indians of North America
- Nez Perce Indians
- Political culture
- United States
- HISTORY / Native American
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- Indians of North America
- Label
- Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War, Daniel J. Sharfstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-592) and index
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- volume
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- 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
- Control code
- ocn951070818
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 613 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239416
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2016055352
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40027046310
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780393239416
- (OCoLC)951070818
- Label
- Thunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War, Daniel J. Sharfstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-592) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn951070818
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 613 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239416
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2016055352
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027046310
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780393239416
- (OCoLC)951070818
Subject
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- History
- Howard, O. O., (Oliver Otis), 1830-1905
- Howard, O. O., (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
- Indian Wars (Nez Percé : 1877)
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights | History -- 19th century
- Joseph, (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904
- 1800-1899
- Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904
- Nez Perce Indians -- Wars, 1877
- Nez Percé Indians
- Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877
- Political culture
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Race relations -- Political aspects
- United States
- United States -- Race relations | Political aspects | History
- Joseph, Nez Perce Chief, 1840-1904
- HISTORY / Native American
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