I remember it was set during the colonial period of the US, and a group of "little people" who had fled the humiliating treatment in Europe where they were forced to be jesters and clowns had build a secret underground city in the middle of north America (Montana maybe) An extremely educated fur trapper runs across their mining facility and is forced into labor, he escapes only to fall into an underground river which washes him out in this secret city. The "big people" are forced to carry the "little people" around in chairs strapped to their backs as if they were horses. It turns out that the "little people have been plotting revenge on the rest of the world for hundreds of years and their research has given them the technology to destroy the world, and this project is close to being completed. It also turns out that the "Highly educated" trapper is actually the son of one of the "little people" who left because he didn't agree with what was happening. of course he ends up stopping them from destroying the world.
at one point in the book he does a trick or sees someone do a trick where they do a handstand, go up onto their fingertips and walk across the floor on their fingertips.
has anyone read this book? or have any idea who wrote it or the title?
at one point in the book he does a trick or sees someone do a trick where they do a handstand, go up onto their fingertips and walk across the floor on their fingertips.
has anyone read this book? or have any idea who wrote it or the title?