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Thunder in the Mountains

Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War

by Daniel Sharfstein
Joe Barrett
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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.
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.

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    April 4, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781515996651
      • File size: 519866 KB
      • Duration: 18:03:03

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Joe Barrett offers an engaging narration of one of the last great battles between the U.S. Army and Native Americans, examined through the lens of competing figures--General Otis Howard and Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. The fight was over the control of land and whether treaty obligations would be observed. Barrett's tone exactly fits the author's largely conversational style. While he varies his delivery to suit the material, he resists the urge to add false drama. He sets off direct quotes with slight pauses but doesn't give each speaker a unique voice. The tragedy and irony of the 1877 war are depicted clearly, and Barrett doesn't get in the way at all. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

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