Thunder, in general, evokes violence, but is here used as part of nature's endowments to conjure imagery that sets forth an aspect of life, which involves deep-pitched sounds and noise. Be it part of normal life or a literally loud explosive event or related happenings, the title of this book also evokes a manner or state of mind with which to react psychologically to "thunder" ranging from the type involved in warlike violence to any other difficult circumstances, which man may routinely grapple with simply by appreciating nature as it is, or by establishing a zone of comfort with which to deal with sudden explosive events. In this regard, the "saddle" element of the title evokes an image of how man somehow invariably contrives to traverse waves and storms caused by thunderous events and comes to terms with them in due course as an acceptable fact of life.