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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

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Availability:In StockContributor:Hampton SidesPublish date:2007-10-09Pages:624
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9781400031108ISBN-10:1400031109UPC:9781400031108Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, MilitaryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCC1XCARBJ
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West--"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review).

In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of "Manifest Destiny," this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness.

At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9781400031108ISBN-10:1400031109UPC:9781400031108Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, MilitaryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCC1XCARBJ
HAMPTON SIDES is the author of The New York Times bestselling histories On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Hellhound on his Trail, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers, which won the PEN USA Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Publisher: Vintage

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