5/30/2023 0 Comments Blood and thunder by hampton sides![]() ![]() Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won. 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. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. ![]() ![]() 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.In Blood and Thunder, Hampton Sides gives us a magnificent history of the American conquest of the West. Also, it talks to the later effects on the operations caused by the Civil War. Most of the action was centered in current day New Mexico and Arizona. 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. 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). It is an epic history of President Polks ruthless plans to conquer Mexico, annihilate the Indians and consume everything from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides Used poor Hardcover Condition Used - POOR Binding Hardcover ISBN 13 9780385507776 ISBN 10 0385507771 Quantity-available 1 Seller Discover Books Toledo, Ohio Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. Signed Copy from Collected Works Bookstore ![]()
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