Synopses & Reviews
No one captures the glory, adventure, and drama of the courageous men and women who tamed the American West like award-winning, bestselling author Terry C. Johnston. His Plainsmen series brims with colorful characters, fierce battles, and compelling historical lore.
LAY THE MOUNTAINS LOW
In the summer of 1877, in a place called White Bird Canyon, Nez Perce warriors delivered a stunning blow to the First Cavalry—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...
“Rich and fascinating…There is a genuine flavor of the period and of the men who made it what it was.”—Washington Post Book World
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"Johnston's books are action-packed...lively, lusty facinating." --
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph"Johnston is a skilled storyteller whose words ring with desparation, confusion and utter horror of a fight to the death between mortal enemies." --Publishers Weekly
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"Johnston's books are action-packed...lively, lusty facinating." --
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph"Johnston is a skilled storyteller whose words ring with desparation, confusion and utter horror of a fight to the death between mortal enemies." --Publishers Weekly
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Praise for Terry C. Johnstons bestselling Plainsmen Series
“Rich and fascinating…There is a genuine flavor of the period and of the men who made it what it was.”—Washington Post Book World
“The authors attention to detail and authenticity, coupled with his ability to spin a darned good yarn, makes it easy to see why Johnston is todays bestselling frontier novelist. Hes one of a handful that truly knows the territory.”—Chicago Tribune
“Action-packed...lively, lusty, fascinating.”—Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
“Johnston is a skilled storyteller whose words ring with desperation, confusion, and utter horror of a fight to the death between mortal enemies.”—Publishers Weekly
“Meticulously researched…genius.”—Rocky Mountain News
Synopsis
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 Cavalry--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 bein 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...
Synopsis
LAY THE MOUNTAINS LOW
Terry C. Johnston
In the summer of 1877, in a place called White Bird Canyon, Nez Perce warriors delivered a stunning blow to the First Cavalry—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...
Synopsis
No one captures the glory, adventure, and drama of the courageous men and women who tamed the American West like award-winning, bestselling author Terry C. Johnston. His Plainsmen series brims with colorful characters, fierce battles, and compelling historical lore.
LAY THE MOUNTAINS LOW
In the summer of 1877, in a place called White Bird Canyon, Nez Perce warriors delivered a stunning blow to the First Cavalry—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...
“Rich and fascinating…There is a genuine flavor of the period and of the men who made it what it was.”—Washington Post Book World
About the Author
Terry C. Johnston, born on the first day of 1947 on the plains of Kansas, lived his whole life in the American West. His first novel, Carry the Wind, won the Medicine Pipe Bearers Award from the Western Writers of America, and his subsequent books have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the country.