Lay the Mountains Low (The plainsmen series) Book

In his thrilling saga of the Nez Perce War, Terry C. Johnstoncombines unmatched authenticity, fascinating details, and a broad tapestry of vivid characters--to make frontier history come alive as never before.To the U.S. Army the Non-Treaty Nez Perce tribes were an inconvenience-soon to be eliminated from Idaho's Salmon River territory. But the soldiers discovered that their enemy was a skilled and ferocious opponent, and that the war had only begun...In the summer of 1877, in a place called White Bird Canyon, Nez Perce warriors delivered a stunning blow to the First Calvary-the worst defeat since the Little Bighorn one year before. Now, General O. O. Howard is charged with hunting down the Nez Perce and defeating them at last. Willing to sacrifice their ancestral homeland, with little understanding of the ways of the mighty U.S. Government, the Non-Treaty Nez Perce begin a push out of Idaho for Montana and for peace. But it is too late. For warriors, soldiers and strategists-and the innocent caught in between-a bloody battlefield awaits, at a place called Big Hole, Montana...Read More