Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes a magnificent history of the American conquest...
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Author: Hampton Sides
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Sides, Hampton

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

CHF 24.28

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

CHF 24.28
Author: Hampton Sides
Format: Paperback
Language: English

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes a magnificent 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.



Author: Hampton Sides
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 10/09/2007
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781400031108


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/18/2007 pg. 28

About the Author
A native of Memphis, Hampton Sides is editor-atlarge for Outside magazine and the author of the international best-seller, Ghost Soldiers (Doubleday), which was the basis for the 2005 Miramax film, The Great Raid. Ghost Soldiers won the 2002 PEN USA award for non-fiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble, and his magazine work has been twice nominated for National Magazine Awards for feature writing. Hampton is also the author of Americana (Anchor) and Stomping Grounds (William Morrow). A graduate of Yale with a B.A. in history, he lives in New Mexico with his wife, Anne, and their three sons.

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