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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393239411
ISBN-139780393239416
eBay Product ID (ePID)224480845
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Book TitleThunder in the Mountains : Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Military, Native American
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDaniel J. Sharfstein
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight38.2 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-055352
ReviewsIn his penetrating new book, Thunder in the Mountains, Daniel J. Sharfstein shows how the meaning of freedom was contested after the Civil War not only in the South but all the way to the Pacific Northwest... Sharfstein's account makes for absorbing reading; it adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complicated, interwoven lives of those who fought for 'progress' east and west... Those who know little about General Howard, other than that he was a founder of Howard University, will be especially interested in following his story to the end., "In his penetrating new book, Thunder in the Mountains, Daniel J. Sharfstein shows how the meaning of freedom was not only contested in the South after the Civil War but extended all the way to the Pacific Northwest....Sharfstein's account not only makes for absorbing reading; it adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complicated, interwoven lives of those who fought for "progress" east and west....Those who know little about General Howard, other than that he was a founder of Howard University, will be especially interested in following his story to the end.", No other book better brings to the fore the qualities of Chief Joseph or better explores the dilemma of his pursuer, Gen. O.O. Howard....a splendid book., Magnificent and tragic....Sharfstein is a wonderful storyteller with a deep knowledge of all the relevant source material from the period. His narrative is rich with fascinating historical details., ""Daniel Sharfstein offers a searing account of an American tragedy: how Oliver Otis Howard, a champion for the rights of freed slaves, became an architect of the dispossession and subjugation of Native people. This beautifully written book will change the way readers think about the era of Civil War and Reconstruction."", One of the epic tales of American history, rendered by a master storyteller. Daniel Sharfstein breathes new life into the fascinating figures at the heart of the Nez Perce War., Superb....Sharfstein's story unfolds as a swift-moving narrative of tragic inevitability....of compelling interest to any student of 19th-century American history., In his penetrating new book, Thunder in the Mountains, Daniel J. Sharfstein shows how the meaning of freedom was contested after the Civil War not only in the South but all the way to the Pacific Northwest....Sharfstein's account makes for absorbing reading; it adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complicated, interwoven lives of those who fought for 'progress' east and west., Beautifully wrought and impossible to put down, Daniel Sharfstein's Thunder in the Mountains chronicles with compassion and grace that resonant past we should never forget., Intimate, propulsive and ultimately heart-breaking....a compassionate military history and a shrewd examination of how cultural legends are created., Daniel Sharfstein offers a searing account of an American tragedy: how Oliver Otis Howard, a champion for the rights of freed slaves, became an architect of the dispossession and subjugation of Native people. This beautifully written book will change the way readers think about the era of Civil War and Reconstruction., Revelatory and riveting, Daniel J. Sharfstein's Thunder in the Mountains places the Nez Perce War within the broader story of the Civil War Era and the postwar shift to empire. In rigorously researched set pieces that capture the nature of life among the Nez Perce, the white settlers of the Wallowa Valley, and Army officers and their families, Sharfstein captures the many causes and consequences of what Yellow Wolf called 'the war we did not want.', Revelatory and riveting, Daniel J. Sharfstein's Thunder in the Mountains places the Nez Perce War within the broader story of the Civil War Era and the postwar shift to empire. In rigorously researched set pieces that capture the nature of life among the Nez Perce, the white settlers of the Wallowa Valley, and Army officers and their families, Sharfstein captures the many causes and consequences of what Yellow Wolf called 'the war we did not want.' By situating the Nez Perce War within the Civil War, Reconstruction, Alaskan expansion, and the Spanish-American War, Sharfstein persuasively argues that the war was a crucible for American state building and a central piece of nineteenth-century American history.
SynopsisAfter 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 of two legendary figures and their epic clash of ideas about the meaning of freedom and the role of government in American life., The epic clash of two American legends--their brutal war and a battle of ideas that defined America after Reconstruction., 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. Recreating 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.
LC Classification NumberE83.877.S49 2017
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- 10. Mär. 2021
Great read on many fronts
great indepth history of native American conflict and roots of racism in the south after the civil war, lead by southern democrats and the president, that wanted to reverse the Lincoln policies. But a great detailed account of the Nez Peirce war, step by step. Great read is you like history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 27. Mai. 2024
Wonderful item. Thank you..!!!!
Wonderful item. Thank you..!!!!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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