Thunder Rolling in the Mountains

The original work, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, was published in 1991 by Houghton Mifflin. (See top cover artwork.)  To purchase a hardcover edition of the 1970 book, click here.

The paperback edition was published by Dell Yearling. (See bottom cover artwork.) To purchase the paperback edition, click here.

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains is also available on audiocassette, unabridged edition, narrated by Linda Stephens on 3 audiocassettes by Recorded Books (1995).

Synopsis

In the spring of 1877, Sound of Running Feet sees white people panning gold in the little creek that feeds the Wallowa River. When she brings word to her father, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, he tells her that more are on the way. "We are few and they are many. They will devour us." So begins this account of the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce. Desperately trying to evade the American soldiers who have been sent to force them onto a reservation, the Nez Perce flee toward Canada. For months they stand off attacks along the way, fighting with reckless courage and winning every battle but the last one. Through the eyes of the chief's daughter, a brave and independent young girl, the reader shares every twist in this class tale of cruelty, heroism, and betrayal.